Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Knizner for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Andrew Knizner C - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 216	# 1136

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Andrew Knizner C - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	323	29

Runs	36	3

Hits	74	6

Singles	46	3

Doubles	10	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	50	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	30	2

Strikeouts	95	5

Batting Average	.229	.207

On Base Pct	.299	.281

Slugging Pct	.424	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Andrew Knizner C - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	27

Runs	8	3

Hits	15	6

Singles	9	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	18	6

Batting Average	.243	.231

On Base Pct	.315	.307

Slugging Pct	.440	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Andrew Knizner C - SF
News
	Samuel Basallo is not in the Orioles lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Andrew Knizner went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	The Giants signed C Andrew Knizner to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Andrew Knizner exercised his opt out clause with the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Red Sox signed veteran catcher Andrew Knizner to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Rockies signed C Andrew Knizner to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Andrew Knizner C - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#179
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#258	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#253
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#157
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#322	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#335
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#371
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#241	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#301
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#302
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#283
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#144
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#179
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#399
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Knizner for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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