Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Ryne Stanek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 352
VBR	# 215	# 469

Projections

Strikeouts	12	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	6	1
ERA	3.73	4.31
WHIP	1.23	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 319

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 401

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	59

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	53.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	39	2

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	2	24

Hits Allowed	30	46

Earned Runs	9	26

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	59	55

Walks	17	28

ERA	1.53	4.42

WHIP	0.89	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	9.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	9	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	9

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.73	4.31

WHIP	1.23	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
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	Ryne Stanek struck out two batters over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-1 win over the Pirates. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	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	Ryne Stanek left Tuesday's game early against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	The Cardinals activated Ryne Stanek from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryne Stanek on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryne Stanek allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter to take the loss against the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Ryne Stanek RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#269	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Ryne Stanek (2026)

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