Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 42	# 137
VBR	# 159	# 250

Projections

Runs	20	20
Home Runs	9	7
RBI	21	21
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.286	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 63	# 99

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 7	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	320

Runs	43	60

Hits	53	83

Singles	26	49

Doubles	10	15

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	17	18

RBI	38	59

Stolen Bases	5	7

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	42	51

Strikeouts	72	101

Batting Average	.248	.259

On Base Pct	.375	.365

Slugging Pct	.533	.481

On-base Plus Slugging	.907	.847

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	138

Runs	20	20

Hits	27	31

Singles	14	18

Doubles	4	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	21	21

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	20

Strikeouts	29	46

Batting Average	.286	.224

On Base Pct	.427	.328

Slugging Pct	.609	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	1.037	.747

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge is continuing to rehab in New York. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said a second doctor confirmed that Aaron Judge isn’t ready for baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	The Yankees transferred Aaron Judge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Aaron Judge told reporters he has made some progress. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Yankees GM Brian Cashman said Aaron Judge will be re-imaged during All-Star break. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Judge LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Judge for Jake Bauers (2026)

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