Who Should I Trade?

Christian Koss for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 423	# 511

Projections

Runs	8	9
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	8
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.237	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 363	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	149	105

Runs	22	9

Hits	39	22

Singles	27	17

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	4	5

Strikeouts	29	27

Batting Average	.262	.210

On Base Pct	.289	.252

Slugging Pct	.376	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.509

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	78

Runs	8	9

Hits	17	18

Singles	12	13

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	8

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	17	20

Batting Average	.237	.238

On Base Pct	.275	.281

Slugging Pct	.362	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.621

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
News
	Tigers utility man Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Christina Koss has a locker in the Giants clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Tigers have activated utility player Javier Baez from the injured list, and he will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles in center field. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Christian Koss has a left wrist fracture and will be re-examined in two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Giants optioned Christian Koss to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET			Christian Koss 2B,3B,SS - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

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Christian Koss for Javier Baez (2026)

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