Who Should I Trade?

CJ Abrams for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	# 336
VBR	# 22	# 423

Projections

Runs	16	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	14	7
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.256	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 363

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 45	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	482	149

Runs	79	22

Hits	132	39

Singles	74	27

Doubles	26	9

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	29	2

RBI	92	14

Stolen Bases	25	1

Caught Stealing	5	2

Walks	47	4

Strikeouts	127	29

Batting Average	.274	.262

On Base Pct	.349	.289

Slugging Pct	.521	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.870	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	65

Runs	16	8

Hits	27	16

Singles	16	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	14	7

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	24	16

Batting Average	.256	.239

On Base Pct	.322	.278

Slugging Pct	.447	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	CJ Abrams went 1-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, two stolen bases, a walk and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 25th	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
	CJ Abrams is not in the Nationals lineup on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	CJ Abrams was not in the Nationals lineup on Thursday after suffering a left ankle sprain in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s game. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Nationals manager Blake Butera said CJ Abrams is going to start making the transition to second base. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	CJ Abrams went 1-for-5 in Tuesday's loss to the Cubs with a home run, a run scored, two RBI and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 12th	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Abrams for Javier Baez (2026)

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