Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Ethan Salas (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Ethan Salas C - SD
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Injury Alert	FA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


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Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Barnes C - FA	Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 3rd		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Apr 5th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Apr 14th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, May 2nd		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, May 3rd		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, May 7th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, May 8th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, May 9th		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, May 10th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 15th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 16th		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, May 23rd		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th		vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 8th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Jun 17th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Wed, Jun 24th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jun 26th		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Thu, Aug 6th		@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Fri, Aug 7th		vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 12th		vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th		@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 25th		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 28th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Sep 1st		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Sep 4th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th		vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
Tue, Sep 8th		vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th		vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th		@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th		@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th		@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th		@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th		@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th		@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th		@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th		vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th		vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th		vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th		@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th		vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th		vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th		vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Ethan Salas (2026)

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