Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Jonah Heim (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Austin Barnes C - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 233	‐
VBR	# 342	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.231	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 203	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	333	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	70	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	42	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	25	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Batting Average	.210	‐

On Base Pct	.267	‐

Slugging Pct	.378	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	26	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	6	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.287	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-5 in a 9-2 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Sep 3rd	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Jonah Heim went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Jonah Heim went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH			Austin Barnes C - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
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)	#302
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#376
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#127
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#345
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#246
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#160
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#89
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#276
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#89
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#173
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Jonah Heim (2026)

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