Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	‐
VBR	# 268	# 1129

Projections

Runs	18	10
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	19	11
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.228	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	330	180

Runs	63	21

Hits	88	41

Singles	52	27

Doubles	16	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	8

RBI	60	21

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	52	21

Strikeouts	101	53

Batting Average	.267	.228

On Base Pct	.371	.307

Slugging Pct	.491	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.861	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	91

Runs	18	10

Hits	27	19

Singles	16	13

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	19	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	40	27

Batting Average	.228	.213

On Base Pct	.331	.281

Slugging Pct	.424	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.635

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a home run in a 13-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela stole his first base of the season in a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 23rd
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			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jake Bauers (2026)

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