Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	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	# 51	# 107
VBR	# 39	# 184

Projections

Runs	18	15
Home Runs	5	5
RBI	20	15
Stolen Bases	5	3
Batting Average	.265	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	# 84

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	# 130

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 177

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 71

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


At Bats	445	374

Runs	47	70

Hits	119	100

Singles	91	60

Doubles	18	17

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	10	21

RBI	44	68

Stolen Bases	23	9

Caught Stealing	6	4

Walks	39	64

Strikeouts	63	111

Batting Average	.267	.267

On Base Pct	.332	.377

Slugging Pct	.375	.492

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.869

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


At Bats	139	98

Runs	18	15

Hits	37	22

Singles	25	13

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	20	15

Stolen Bases	5	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	13	14

Strikeouts	22	32

Batting Average	.265	.229

On Base Pct	.335	.336

Slugging Pct	.426	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with one walk, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor is out of Tuesday's lineup due to right wrist soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Aug 11th	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 Naylor went 3-for-4 with two home runs in the Mariners 3-2 loss against the Rays on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Josh Naylor was fine after leaving Sunday's game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Jake Bauers is hopeful to be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Josh Naylor left Sunday's game against the Twins with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Jake Bauers remains out of the lineup on Thursday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#268	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#272	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#370	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#203	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#394	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#155
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#181
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#87	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Josh Naylor (2026)

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