Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Carter Baumler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 401	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	46	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.61
WHIP	1.43	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 154	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	86.2	5.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	4

Earned Runs	49	2

Home Runs Allowed	16	1

Strikeouts	91	6

Walks	43	6

ERA	5.09	3.18

WHIP	1.38	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.6	8.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	8

Earned Runs	24	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	46	8

Walks	21	4

ERA	4.50	4.61

WHIP	1.43	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIN
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Carter Baumler (2026)

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