Who Should I Trade?

Drake Baldwin for Elias Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Elias Diaz C - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	‐
VBR	# 65	# 1183

Projections

Runs	15	4
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	16	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.265	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 244

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Elias Diaz C - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	167

Runs	70	16

Hits	113	38

Singles	81	23

Doubles	11	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	21	6

RBI	63	22

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	48	4

Strikeouts	99	40

Batting Average	.268	.228

On Base Pct	.352	.251

Slugging Pct	.443	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Elias Diaz C - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	37

Runs	15	4

Hits	28	8

Singles	18	6

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	16	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	22	10

Batting Average	.265	.226

On Base Pct	.339	.278

Slugging Pct	.451	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Elias Diaz C - TEX
News
	Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 19th	Elias Diaz went 1-for-2 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Drake Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a walk, one RBI, one run scored, and a steal in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	Elias Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Drake Baldwin went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Friday's 7-6 win over the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	Elias Diaz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He opened the scoring with a 414-foot solo shot in the second inning, giving him homers in consecutive games after going 18 contests without one following his June 5 arrival in Texas. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Drake Baldwin went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Elias Diaz signed a major league contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL			Elias Diaz C - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Drake Baldwin for Elias Diaz (2026)

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