Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 330	‐
VBR	# 498	# 1280

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.234	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	# 406

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	141	196

Runs	19	24

Hits	36	46

Singles	26	36

Doubles	8	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	14	19

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	4	22

Strikeouts	27	68

Batting Average	.255	.235

On Base Pct	.284	.312

Slugging Pct	.355	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	9

Runs	9	1

Hits	19	2

Singles	13	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	20	3

Batting Average	.234	.214

On Base Pct	.270	.305

Slugging Pct	.352	.293

On-base Plus Slugging	.623	.598

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
News
	Tigers utility man Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Dodgers optioned INF Alex Freeland to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Tigers have activated utility player Javier Baez from the injured list, and he will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles in center field. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Alex Freeland went 3-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a walk, two RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Alex Freeland went 2-for-3 in a 9-1 win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Dodgers recalled INF Alex Freeland from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET			Alex Freeland 2B,3B,SS - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#177	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#143	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#164
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#196
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#433	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#153
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Javier Baez (2026)

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