Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Luken Baker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 397	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	24	5

Runs	1	0

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	0

Strikeouts	8	3

Batting Average	.083	.200

On Base Pct	.154	.200

Slugging Pct	.125	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.279	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
News
	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Diamondbacks re-signed 1B Luken Baker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Diamondbacks sent 1B Luken Baker outright to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Diamondbacks designated 1B Luken Baker for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Baker is a career .206/.317/.338 hitter with four home runs over parts of three major-league seasons. Arizona selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday to fill the roster spot left by Carlos Santana (groin), with Pavin Smith (elbow) also currently sidelined. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The D-backs have reassigned first baseman Luken Baker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL			Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Luken Baker (2026)

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