Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	# 109
VBR	# 98	# 269

Projections

Runs	22	16
Home Runs	8	5
RBI	24	17
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.251	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	# 86

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	# 137

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 183

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	371	344

Runs	48	68

Hits	93	93

Singles	55	55

Doubles	18	16

Triples	2	2

Home Runs	18	20

RBI	42	64

Stolen Bases	3	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	27	55

Strikeouts	111	103

Batting Average	.251	.270

On Base Pct	.308	.375

Slugging Pct	.456	.503

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.878

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	110

Runs	22	16

Hits	41	25

Singles	25	15

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	5

RBI	24	17

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	16

Strikeouts	45	36

Batting Average	.251	.230

On Base Pct	.316	.333

Slugging Pct	.453	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Rockies with a double, one walk, one stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. 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
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Jake Bauers (2026)

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