Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	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	# 48	# 109
VBR	# 49	# 248

Projections

Runs	21	16
Home Runs	6	5
RBI	24	16
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.275	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 84

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	# 137

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 183

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	442	351

Runs	61	68

Hits	126	94

Singles	79	56

Doubles	28	16

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	18	20

RBI	77	65

Stolen Bases	3	8

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	42	56

Strikeouts	80	108

Batting Average	.285	.268

On Base Pct	.350	.371

Slugging Pct	.475	.496

On-base Plus Slugging	.825	.867

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	159	104

Runs	21	16

Hits	44	24

Singles	29	14

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	5

RBI	24	16

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	15

Strikeouts	26	34

Batting Average	.275	.231

On Base Pct	.336	.334

Slugging Pct	.450	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in win over the Yankees with three home runs, three runs scored, six RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Jake Bauers is hopeful to be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in a 7-0 win over the Reds with a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Jake Bauers remains out of the lineup on Thursday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#336	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jake Bauers (2026)

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