Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 172
VBR	# 97	# 164

Projections

Runs	23	18
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	25	18
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.248	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 102

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 128

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	439	368

Runs	50	51

Hits	107	102

Singles	72	64

Doubles	19	22

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	14	13

RBI	63	64

Stolen Bases	2	9

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	68	29

Strikeouts	117	95

Batting Average	.244	.277

On Base Pct	.356	.331

Slugging Pct	.392	.459

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.790

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	160	144

Runs	23	18

Hits	40	37

Singles	23	24

Doubles	8	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	25	18

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	20	10

Strikeouts	44	37

Batting Average	.248	.257

On Base Pct	.343	.309

Slugging Pct	.447	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#338	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#239
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#350
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#235
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#237
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#426
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Michael Busch (2026)

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