Austin Riley or Javier Baez

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Austin Riley or Javier Baez Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	494	162

Runs	55	24

Hits	110	41

Singles	73	27

Doubles	21	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	2

RBI	63	17

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	42	5

Strikeouts	173	32

Batting Average	.223	.253

On Base Pct	.295	.282

Slugging Pct	.360	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.653

Austin Riley or Javier Baez Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	564	343

Runs	81	40

Hits	148	81

Singles	88	56

Doubles	29	15

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	28	9

RBI	85	43

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	46	14

Strikeouts	159	88

Batting Average	.262	.235

On Base Pct	.318	.264

Slugging Pct	.469	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.631

Austin Riley or Javier Baez Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Thursday's 2-0 win over the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 20th	Javier Baez went 1-for-1 in a win over the Twins with a three-run double. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	Tigers utility man Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	The Tigers have activated utility player Javier Baez from the injured list, and he will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles in center field. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Austin Riley went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo homer in Friday's 3-2 loss. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
	If you're looking for candidates for Comeback Player of the Year, Austin Riley should probably be on it. Riley's age-28 season was cut short by an abdominal injury that cost him almost one-third of the season, sapped his power, and caused his strikeout rate to jump to 28.6%. It was his second injury-shortened year in a row, but the underlying metrics suggest the bounceback is coming. Riley still had an elite 15.2% barrel rate and 50.2% HardHit rate, and his xSLG was 30 points higher than actual. Assuming he is able to return to the player he was from 2021-2023, expect another 30 home runs and 90 runs/RBIs. He should be the fourth third baseman off the board, and you can get him much later than the other three, making him a borderline early-round sleeper candidate. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Austin Riley or Javier Baez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#208
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#371
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#358	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#222
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#183	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#251
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#409
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#338	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Anthony Molina		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#169
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#179
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH