Javier Baez or Royce Lewis

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Javier Baez or Royce Lewis Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,3B - MIN	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	228	78

Runs	30	10

Hits	50	20

Singles	29	13

Doubles	11	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	29	6

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	24	2

Strikeouts	69	16

Batting Average	.219	.256

On Base Pct	.297	.281

Slugging Pct	.399	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.678

Javier Baez or Royce Lewis Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,3B - MIN	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	453	343

Runs	56	40

Hits	111	81

Singles	70	56

Doubles	23	15

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	19	9

RBI	64	43

Stolen Bases	10	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	36	14

Strikeouts	105	88

Batting Average	.245	.235

On Base Pct	.301	.264

Slugging Pct	.423	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.631

Javier Baez or Royce Lewis Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,3B - MIN	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Angels with a home run, a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has begun playing defense in addition to a hitting and running program he began on July 1. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a 5-2 loss to the Guardians with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Royce Lewis went 0-for-4 in an 8-3 win over the Astros on Wednesday with one walk, one stolen base, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	Javier Baez was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-3 in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks with a walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 22nd	Javier Baez (ankle) will shut down his rehab process for an unspecified length of time. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
	Royce Lewis's elite upside remains undeniable, but his 2025 season underscored the growing gap between talent and fantasy reliability, as he posted a .237/.283/.388 line with diminished power and run production over 106 games. While his athleticism still shows up with occasional steals and defensive flexibility, the overall offensive profile has slipped closer to below league average. FantasyPros 2026 projections remain cautiously optimistic, but until Lewis can stay on the field and sustain his early-career power, he profiles as a high-variance pick whose draft cost may outweigh the floor in standard formats. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Javier Baez or Royce Lewis Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,3B - MIN			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#74
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#343	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#172
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#334	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#342
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#318	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#318	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#207
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			vs KC
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH			vs KC
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL