Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Cesar Prieto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF,DH - NYM	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 247	‐
VBR	# 424	# 1315

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.232	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 202	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 265	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 396	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF,DH - NYM	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	354	31

Runs	44	1

Hits	76	1

Singles	52	1

Doubles	15	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	40	0

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	0

Strikeouts	110	4

Batting Average	.215	.032

On Base Pct	.288	.032

Slugging Pct	.331	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.618	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF,DH - NYM	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	6

Runs	10	1

Hits	18	1

Singles	12	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Batting Average	.232	.178

On Base Pct	.302	.199

Slugging Pct	.380	.220

On-base Plus Slugging	.682	.419

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF,DH - NYM	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	Brett Baty went 1-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Monday's 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Brett Baty went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Brett Baty went 2-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Brett Baty went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Brett Baty went 2-for-6 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF,DH - NYM			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#312	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#155	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#308	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#338	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#157	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Cesar Prieto (2026)

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