Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Bryan Baker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 229	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.71	7.83
WHIP	1.23	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	26	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	1.64	‐

WHIP	0.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.4	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	28	1

Walks	9	0

ERA	3.71	7.83

WHIP	1.23	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 25th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and no walks while striking out one over a scoreless ninth inning in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 24th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Bryan Baker faced the minimum three batters in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros to pick up his 23rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	Bryan Baker tossed a perfect ninth inning on Thursday to earn the save in a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Bryan Baker (2026)

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