Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Kyle Leahy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 391	# 980

Projections

Strikeouts	19	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.60
WHIP	1.39	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	4

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	129.1	5.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	131	4

Earned Runs	45	2

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	118	6

Walks	38	6

ERA	3.13	3.18

WHIP	1.31	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	3.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	3

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	3

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.21	4.60

WHIP	1.39	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out three over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 30th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Kyle Leahy allowed zero earned runs on three hits and zero walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Kyle Leahy allowed one earned run on six hits and no walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Kyle Leahy allowed two earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Leahy SP,RP - STL			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#85
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#309	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#255
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#423	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Kyle Leahy (2026)

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