Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	‐
VBR	# 269	‐

Projections

Runs	16	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	17	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.230	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	344	‐

Runs	68	‐

Hits	93	‐

Singles	55	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	20	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	55	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Batting Average	.270	‐

On Base Pct	.375	‐

Slugging Pct	.503	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	25	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.427	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Jake Bauers (2026)

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