Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Brian Serven (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Brian Serven C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1142

Projections

Runs	‐	3
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	3
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	63

Runs	‐	8

Hits	‐	14

Singles	‐	8

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	5

RBI	‐	14

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	17

Batting Average	‐	.222

On Base Pct	‐	.258

Slugging Pct	‐	.476

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	29

Runs	‐	3

Hits	‐	6

Singles	‐	4

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	3

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	9

Batting Average	‐	.212

On Base Pct	‐	.285

Slugging Pct	‐	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.628

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Brian Serven C - ATH
News
	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
		Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
		Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
		The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Brian Serven C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Mon, Mar 30th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st		@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 19th		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Mon, Apr 20th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, May 1st		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sat, May 2nd		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sun, May 3rd		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, May 5th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, May 6th		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, May 8th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sat, May 9th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Wed, May 13th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, May 14th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, May 15th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, May 18th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Tue, May 19th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, May 22nd		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sat, May 23rd		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th		@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Mon, May 25th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, May 26th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, May 29th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Sat, May 30th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, May 31st		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 6th		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Mon, Jun 8th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Fri, Jun 12th		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jun 13th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Jun 15th		vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Jun 26th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Mon, Jun 29th		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 30th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jul 1st		vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#150
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Sat, Jul 4th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 9th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sun, Jul 12th		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Fri, Jul 17th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Tue, Jul 21st		@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st		vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126
Sat, Aug 1st		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Thu, Aug 6th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th		@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th		vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Aug 12th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, Aug 14th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 16th		vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Aug 17th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Aug 20th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Fri, Aug 21st		@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Mon, Aug 24th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Tue, Aug 25th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Aug 26th		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Aug 29th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 31st		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Sep 1st		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Sep 5th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Mon, Sep 7th		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Sep 9th		vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Fri, Sep 11th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Sep 12th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, Sep 13th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Sep 16th		@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th		@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th		@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th		@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th		@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th		vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th		vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th		vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th		vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Brian Serven (2026)

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