Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Austin Barnes C - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 204	‐

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	13	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.243	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	296	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	70	‐

Singles	43	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	26	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.301	‐

Slugging Pct	.446	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.446	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Austin Barnes C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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