Who Should I Trade?

Danny Jansen for Luke Maile (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Luke Maile C - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	‐
VBR	# 1144	# 1304

Projections

Runs	6	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	6	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.202	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 268	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 325	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 409	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	132	28

Runs	11	2

Hits	21	5

Singles	11	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	45	11

Batting Average	.159	.179

On Base Pct	.260	.207

Slugging Pct	.288	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.548	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Luke Maile C - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	53	10

Runs	6	1

Hits	11	2

Singles	6	2

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	15	3

Batting Average	.202	.213

On Base Pct	.297	.296

Slugging Pct	.361	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.658	.594

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Danny Jansen C - TEX	Luke Maile C - KC
News
	The Rangers activated Danny Jansen from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Luke Maile went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Danny Jansen is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Royals selected the contract of Luke Maile. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Rangers placed C Danny Jansen on the 10-day injured list with a strained right forearm. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	Veteran catcher Luke Maile may not attend Royals' spring training due to a personal issue. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 11th
	Danny Jansen went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	The Royals and catcher Luke Maile have reunited on a minor-league pact. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 5th
	Danny Jansen went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Rangers 5-4 win over the Tigers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Danny Jansen C - TEX			Luke Maile C - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Danny Jansen for Luke Maile (2026)

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