Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Lindor for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 46	# 336
VBR	# 18	# 423

Projections

Runs	18	8
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	16	8
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.251	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 363

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	146

Runs	40	20

Hits	67	38

Singles	43	27

Doubles	8	9

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	12	2

RBI	32	14

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	34	4

Strikeouts	59	29

Batting Average	.235	.260

On Base Pct	.323	.288

Slugging Pct	.418	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	70

Runs	18	8

Hits	29	17

Singles	18	12

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	16	8

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	25	17

Batting Average	.251	.237

On Base Pct	.332	.275

Slugging Pct	.438	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 25th	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
	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Francisco Lindor went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three runs scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with two walks, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-6 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Lindor for Javier Baez (2026)

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