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	# 334	‐
VBR	# 754	# 1356

Projections

Runs	12	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.239	.196

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	‐

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	105	196

Runs	16	24

Hits	30	46

Singles	22	36

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	13	19

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	22

Strikeouts	20	68

Batting Average	.286	.235

On Base Pct	.309	.312

Slugging Pct	.400	.316

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.629

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


At Bats	106	11

Runs	12	1

Hits	25	2

Singles	18	2

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	26	3

Batting Average	.239	.196

On Base Pct	.275	.269

Slugging Pct	.367	.253

On-base Plus Slugging	.642	.522

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)	#104	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ 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)	#167
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Freeland for Javier Baez (2026)

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