Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Drew Romo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Romo C - CWS	Austin Barnes C - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 1204	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.215	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 371	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 338	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Romo C - CWS	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	175	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	25	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.143	‐

On Base Pct	.237	‐

Slugging Pct	.291	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.529	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Romo C - CWS	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	28	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	6	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.215	‐

On Base Pct	.267	‐

Slugging Pct	.328	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.595	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Romo C - CWS	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Drew Romo went 1-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Drew Romo went 2-for-4 in a 5-0 win over the Reds with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Drew Romo went 1-for-3 in a win over the Twins with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 26th
	Drew Romo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Sun, May 3rd
	The White Sox selected the contract of C Drew Romo from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Drew Romo C - CWS			Austin Barnes C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Drew Romo (2026)

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