Who Should I Trade?

Drake Baldwin for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	# 124
VBR	# 65	# 193

Projections

Runs	15	11
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	16	15
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.265	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 93

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	# 96

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	# 112

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	# 206

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 190

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	468

Runs	70	46

Hits	113	104

Singles	81	67

Doubles	11	19

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	21	17

RBI	63	58

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	48	19

Strikeouts	99	99

Batting Average	.268	.222

On Base Pct	.352	.267

Slugging Pct	.443	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	101

Runs	15	11

Hits	28	25

Singles	18	15

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	16	15

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	5

Strikeouts	22	22

Batting Average	.265	.246

On Base Pct	.339	.298

Slugging Pct	.451	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
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	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st
	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	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL			Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Drake Baldwin for Salvador Perez (2026)

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