Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 218
VBR	# 204	# 260

Projections

Runs	23	22
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	25	17
Stolen Bases	4	9
Batting Average	.231	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 214

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 223

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 187

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 233

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	298	272

Runs	56	36

Hits	79	61

Singles	45	39

Doubles	15	12

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	18	8

RBI	59	32

Stolen Bases	6	9

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	49	17

Strikeouts	92	54

Batting Average	.265	.224

On Base Pct	.373	.280

Slugging Pct	.503	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.877	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	179

Runs	23	22

Hits	36	45

Singles	21	33

Doubles	7	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	25	17

Stolen Bases	4	9

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	23	13

Strikeouts	51	37

Batting Average	.231	.248

On Base Pct	.336	.304

Slugging Pct	.437	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.655

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Jacob Young CF - WSH
News
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera said Jacob Young was unavailable for Sunday's 5-3 loss to the New York Yankees due to a sore left hand. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Jacob Young went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Yankees with one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Jacob Young is in the Nationals lineup on Monday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Pirates with left hand soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Jake Bauers went 3-for-6 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Jacob Young went 1-for-3 in loss to the Phillies with two RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Jacob Young CF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Young for Jake Bauers (2026)

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