Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 374	‐
VBR	# 959	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	7	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.61
WHIP	1.42	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 430	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	5.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	4

Earned Runs	17	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	17	6

ERA	5.60	3.18

WHIP	1.65	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.4	8.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	8

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.40	4.61

WHIP	1.42	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Gage RP - SF	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
		The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Gage RP - SF			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Matt Gage (2026)

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