Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Brian Serven C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 204	# 1178

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	296	43

Runs	35	5

Hits	70	10

Singles	43	6

Doubles	9	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	48	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	1

Strikeouts	86	10

Batting Average	.237	.233

On Base Pct	.301	.250

Slugging Pct	.446	.512

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.762

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	43

Runs	11	5

Hits	21	9

Singles	12	6

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	23	14

Batting Average	.243	.212

On Base Pct	.312	.286

Slugging Pct	.446	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Brian Serven C - ATH
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Athletics optioned C Brian Serven to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Brian Serven C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#270
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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