Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 312
VBR	# 224	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	4	‐
ERA	3.59	‐
WHIP	1.16	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 238

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 413

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	35.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	2	4

Saves	39	0

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	2	13

Hits Allowed	31	38

Earned Runs	10	28

Home Runs Allowed	4	12

Strikeouts	60	30

Walks	20	14

ERA	1.64	7.07

WHIP	0.93	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.7	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.59	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Strahm RP - FA
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one walk and no hits in the ninth inning of Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres to notch his ninth save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	The Royals released LHP Matt Strahm. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th	The Royals designated LHP Matt Strahm for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	Matt Strahm allowed the only batter he faced to hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Bryan Baker allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out three in the ninth inning of Friday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners, earning his 33rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Matt Strahm struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Matt Strahm RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#243
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#241
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Strahm (2026)

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