Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 104	# 79
VBR	# 113	# 101

Projections

Runs	24	28
Home Runs	8	9
RBI	27	30
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.250	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 129	# 74

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 87	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	# 90

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	# 56

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 133

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	382	384

Runs	47	46

Hits	104	94

Singles	65	62

Doubles	17	17

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	13

RBI	55	56

Stolen Bases	9	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	65

Strikeouts	79	109

Batting Average	.272	.245

On Base Pct	.302	.365

Slugging Pct	.487	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.766

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	192

Runs	24	28

Hits	48	48

Singles	31	28

Doubles	9	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	9

RBI	27	30

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	25

Strikeouts	46	54

Batting Average	.250	.249

On Base Pct	.301	.346

Slugging Pct	.427	.452

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Casey Schmitt went 1-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Angels with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Giants are expected to draw trade interest for Casey Schmitt. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Casey Schmitt went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Casey Schmitt went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Casey Schmitt went 2-for-5 in Friday's win over the Mariners with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#129	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#60	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Michael Busch (2026)

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