Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Salas for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Ethan Salas C - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 214	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	313	‐

Runs	36	‐

Hits	72	‐

Singles	45	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	27	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.294	‐

Slugging Pct	.428	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	72	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.440	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#429
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#429
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#265	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

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Ethan Salas for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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