Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Nick Fortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 347	‐
VBR	# 1125	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.232	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 312	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	259	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	68	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	14	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.263	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.363	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	48	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Batting Average	.232	‐

On Base Pct	.285	‐

Slugging Pct	.340	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nick Fortes C - TB			Austin Barnes C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Nick Fortes (2026)

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