Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Pushard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 43	‐
VBR	# 238	# 828

Projections

Strikeouts	30	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.66	4.55
WHIP	1.23	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.1	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	6

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	41	6

Walks	11	4

ERA	1.73	5.14

WHIP	0.83	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	4.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	22	5

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	30	4

Walks	10	2

ERA	3.66	4.55

WHIP	1.23	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 25th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and no walks while striking out one over a scoreless ninth inning in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 24th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Bryan Baker faced the minimum three batters in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros to pick up his 23rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Bryan Baker tossed a perfect ninth inning on Thursday to earn the save in a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Pushard (2026)

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