Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 297	‐
VBR	# 1059	# 1324

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	11	3
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.234	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	298	5

Runs	42	1

Hits	66	0

Singles	45	0

Doubles	10	0

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	41	0

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	34	1

Strikeouts	86	2

Batting Average	.222	.000

On Base Pct	.302	.167

Slugging Pct	.349	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.167

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	29

Runs	12	4

Hits	22	6

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	24	8

Batting Average	.234	.201

On Base Pct	.287	.293

Slugging Pct	.370	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.657	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
News
	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said the team is promoting OF Christian Franklin. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 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
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Leody Taveras (2026)

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