Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Kahlil Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 112	‐
VBR	# 268	# 1246

Projections

Runs	18	3
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.228	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 349

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	330	88

Runs	63	6

Hits	88	21

Singles	52	14

Doubles	16	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	60	11

Stolen Bases	8	9

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	52	3

Strikeouts	101	32

Batting Average	.267	.239

On Base Pct	.371	.264

Slugging Pct	.491	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.861	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	23

Runs	18	3

Hits	27	5

Singles	16	3

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	2

Strikeouts	40	8

Batting Average	.228	.211

On Base Pct	.331	.276

Slugging Pct	.424	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
News
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rockies with three runs scored, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
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			Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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