Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for JJ Bleday (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	# 237
VBR	# 134	# 396

Projections

Runs	29	18
Home Runs	10	5
RBI	30	17
Stolen Bases	2	4
Batting Average	.240	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 213

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 145	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	# 214

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	# 237

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 348

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	251	106

Runs	37	10

Hits	61	18

Singles	33	8

Doubles	11	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	5

RBI	43	14

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	41	4

Strikeouts	59	34

Batting Average	.243	.170

On Base Pct	.351	.198

Slugging Pct	.486	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.837	.557

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	142

Runs	29	18

Hits	46	33

Singles	25	22

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	30	17

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	26	10

Strikeouts	50	38

Batting Average	.240	.231

On Base Pct	.333	.287

Slugging Pct	.455	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Harrison Bader remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Harrison Bader took batting practice on the field on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	Harrison Bader has begun a running progression. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	Harrison Bader told reporters he doesn't expect to miss an extended period of time on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 9-2 loss to the Royals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	The Giants placed OF Harrison Bader on the 10-day injured list with plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Harrison Bader for JJ Bleday (2026)

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