Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bellinger for Mike Tauchman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 57	# 1325

Projections

Runs	33	3
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	34	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.261	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 41	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	357	‐

Runs	49	‐

Hits	91	‐

Singles	58	‐

Doubles	19	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	11	‐

RBI	52	‐

Stolen Bases	10	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	52	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.417	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	225	19

Runs	33	3

Hits	59	4

Singles	37	3

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	34	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	24	3

Strikeouts	38	5

Batting Average	.261	.231

On Base Pct	.334	.325

Slugging Pct	.446	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
News
	Cody Bellinger is getting the day off on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the White Sox with a home run, a double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 17th	The Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
	Cody Bellinger went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Bellinger 1B,LF,CF,RF - NYY			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Bellinger for Mike Tauchman (2026)

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