Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	# 266
VBR	# 229	# 850

Projections

Runs	20	11
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	12
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.226	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	# 261

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 250

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	# 276

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 325

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	43

Runs	62	3

Hits	86	10

Singles	51	8

Doubles	16	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	60	7

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	52	1

Strikeouts	101	13

Batting Average	.265	.233

On Base Pct	.370	.250

Slugging Pct	.486	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	87

Runs	20	11

Hits	30	22

Singles	18	14

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	6

Strikeouts	45	24

Batting Average	.226	.254

On Base Pct	.330	.310

Slugging Pct	.420	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.739

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
News
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Austin Hays (calf) was shifted to the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Austin Hays has been pulled off his rehab assignment due to continued soreness in his left calf. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Austin Hays began his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Austin Hays will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The White Sox placed Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Austin Hays LF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs COL
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hays for Jake Bauers (2026)

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