Who Should I Trade?

Freddie Freeman for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 72
VBR	# 20	# 98

Projections

Runs	29	25
Home Runs	8	8
RBI	29	27
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.290	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	# 45

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 31	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 86

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	410	416

Runs	57	48

Hits	127	100

Singles	84	67

Doubles	27	18

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	13

RBI	54	59

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	50	66

Strikeouts	76	112

Batting Average	.310	.240

On Base Pct	.385	.355

Slugging Pct	.490	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.876	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	186	173

Runs	29	25

Hits	54	43

Singles	34	26

Doubles	12	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	8

RBI	29	27

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	23

Strikeouts	38	49

Batting Average	.290	.249

On Base Pct	.376	.346

Slugging Pct	.485	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.861	.797

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox with three singles and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Mets with no runs scored and no RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Mets with a double, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in Wednesday's 9-5 win over the Phillies with two doubles, two runs scored, one stolen base and one walk. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Freddie Freeman went 2-for-3 in a 3-0 win over the Padres with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Freddie Freeman for Michael Busch (2026)

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