Michael Busch or Vinnie Pasquantino

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Michael Busch or Vinnie Pasquantino Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	196	198

Runs	21	23

Hits	39	46

Singles	26	28

Doubles	6	11

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	5	6

RBI	24	31

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	38

Strikeouts	42	53

Batting Average	.199	.232

On Base Pct	.284	.366

Slugging Pct	.327	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.611	.755

Michael Busch or Vinnie Pasquantino Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	557	502

Runs	72	75

Hits	146	126

Singles	86	70

Doubles	31	25

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	27	27

RBI	93	77

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	50	57

Strikeouts	92	140

Batting Average	.262	.251

On Base Pct	.323	.327

Slugging Pct	.468	.473

On-base Plus Slugging	.791	.800

Michael Busch or Vinnie Pasquantino Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, May 24th	Michael Busch provided the Cubs' only run on Monday, belting a solo home run in a 2-1 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Vinnie Pasquantino is not in the Royals lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Sunday as the Cubs suffered an 8-5 loss to the Astros. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in loss to the Guardians with a home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out once. Chase Davis Fri, May 8th	Michael Busch went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles, a walk, and was also hit by a pitch during the Cubs' 9-3 loss to the Brewers on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-5 in a win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a pair of walks on Sunday as the Cubs dropped a 9-8, 10-inning decision to the White Sox. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Vinnie Pasquantino will be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a game-tying solo home run in the eighth and a walk-off RBI single in the tenth as the Cubs knocked off the Reds, 3-2. David Leisering Wed, May 6th
Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino showed us the power we'd been hoping for in 2025, hitting 32 home runs and driving in 113. He barrels the ball well (10.8%), and he offers a decent batting average in the .265 range. Batting behind Bobby Witt Jr. and the seemingly ageless Sal Perez will never be a bad thing for counting stats. If you wait until the middle rounds, Pasquantino is in the last of the tier to be a true anchor at first base in 2026. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	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

Michael Busch or Vinnie Pasquantino Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#68	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#305
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#247
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#178
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#125
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#155
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX			@ COL
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX			@ COL
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX			@ COL
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL			vs TOR
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI			vs STL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD			vs MIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU