Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF - NYM	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 245	# 283
VBR	# 760	# 1023

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	11	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.236	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 208	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 396	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF - NYM	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	237

Runs	41	31

Hits	71	57

Singles	50	33

Doubles	13	18

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	34	35

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	31	26

Strikeouts	100	39

Batting Average	.217	.241

On Base Pct	.287	.324

Slugging Pct	.326	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF - NYM	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	82

Runs	11	10

Hits	20	20

Singles	14	13

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	8

Strikeouts	24	15

Batting Average	.236	.241

On Base Pct	.304	.315

Slugging Pct	.383	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF - NYM	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
News
	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	Nick Loftin went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored and an RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
	Brett Baty went 2-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Nick Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Nick Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Brett Baty went 1-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, May 15th	Nick Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brett Baty 1B,2B,3B,RF - NYM			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#157	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#253	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brett Baty for Nick Loftin (2026)

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