Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Bell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 108	# 187
VBR	# 248	# 214

Projections

Runs	16	18
Home Runs	5	6
RBI	16	20
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.231	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	# 156

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 118

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 157

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	354	419

Runs	69	58

Hits	96	106

Singles	57	66

Doubles	16	24

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	15

RBI	67	69

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	58	37

Strikeouts	108	98

Batting Average	.271	.253

On Base Pct	.377	.315

Slugging Pct	.506	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.882	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	138

Runs	16	18

Hits	24	34

Singles	14	22

Doubles	5	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	6

RBI	16	20

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	15

Strikeouts	34	31

Batting Average	.231	.248

On Base Pct	.334	.326

Slugging Pct	.430	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
News
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
	Jake Bauers is hopeful to be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Jake Bauers remains out of the lineup on Thursday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#220	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#269
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#302
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#324
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#182
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#162	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#184
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#192	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#316
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Bell (2026)

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