Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater 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 Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 237	‐

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	22	2
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.225	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 454

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	313	65

Runs	57	6

Hits	80	15

Singles	46	12

Doubles	15	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	59	3

Stolen Bases	6	4

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	50	8

Strikeouts	99	21

Batting Average	.256	.231

On Base Pct	.362	.311

Slugging Pct	.482	.277

On-base Plus Slugging	.845	.588

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	24

Runs	21	3

Hits	32	5

Singles	18	4

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	3

Strikeouts	48	8

Batting Average	.225	.208

On Base Pct	.330	.283

Slugging Pct	.422	.250

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.533

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
News
	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	The Rays re-signed OF Austin Slater to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Rays and outfielder Austin Slater have agreed to a minor league deal. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Austin Slater has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Austin Slater pinch-hit for Victor Mesa Jr. in the ninth inning and drew a walk before stealing a base in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 18th
	Jake Bauers went 3-for-6 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Austin Slater went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Austin Slater LF,CF,RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Slater for Jake Bauers (2026)

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