Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	‐
VBR	# 79	# 1056

Projections

Strikeouts	54	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	5.08
WHIP	1.16	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	133.2	5.2

Wins	11	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	4

Earned Runs	41	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	121	6

Walks	29	6

ERA	2.76	3.18

WHIP	0.88	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	51.8	4.9

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	5

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	54	4

Walks	15	3

ERA	3.34	5.08

WHIP	1.16	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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