Joey Meneses or Michael Busch

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Joey Meneses or Michael Busch Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Joey Meneses 1B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	600	20

Runs	78	1

Hits	145	3

Singles	96	3

Doubles	27	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	20	0

RBI	77	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	92	3

Strikeouts	165	4

Batting Average	.242	.150

On Base Pct	.352	.280

Slugging Pct	.393	.150

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.430

Joey Meneses or Michael Busch Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Joey Meneses 1B - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	502	48

Runs	75	5

Hits	126	12

Singles	70	8

Doubles	25	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	27	1

RBI	77	6

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	57	3

Strikeouts	140	10

Batting Average	.251	.240

On Base Pct	.327	.287

Slugging Pct	.473	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.800	.648

Joey Meneses or Michael Busch Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Joey Meneses 1B - FA
News
	Michael Busch went 2-for-3 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Sep 20th	The Athletics designated 1B Joey Meneses for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Sep 12th	The Athletics optioned 1B Joey Meneses to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Sep 12th	The Athletics recalled Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 10-8 loss against the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	The Athletics selected the contract of 1B Joey Meneses from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 22nd	The Athletics reassigned INF Joey Meneses to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
	Michael Busch has rapidly developed into one of fantasy's most reliable power bats, following a strong 2024 with a full-blown breakout in 2025 that featured 34 homers, a .523 slugging percentage, and a 147 OPS+. The jump in production wasn't empty volume. His rOBA and run value both spiked, confirming real growth in impact contact rather than a fluky power surge. While the strikeout rate remains elevated, Busch offsets it with solid on-base skills and elite durability, logging 150+ games in back-to-back seasons. At age 28, he's firmly established as a high-end fantasy first baseman whose profile now supports both a strong floor and a stable power ceiling. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Joey Meneses or Michael Busch Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Joey Meneses 1B - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#189
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#224
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS	Tanner Houck (0-1)