Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	# 334
VBR	# 185	# 494

Projections

Runs	18	12
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	17	12
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.274	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	445	114

Runs	48	16

Hits	127	32

Singles	90	24

Doubles	27	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	38	14

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	46	21

Batting Average	.285	.281

On Base Pct	.309	.303

Slugging Pct	.411	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	104

Runs	18	12

Hits	43	25

Singles	30	17

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	17	12

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	17	26

Batting Average	.274	.240

On Base Pct	.307	.276

Slugging Pct	.403	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Tigers utility man Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	The Tigers have activated utility player Javier Baez from the injured list, and he will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles in center field. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

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Ernie Clement for Javier Baez (2026)

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