Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	# 108
VBR	# 103	# 265

Projections

Runs	23	16
Home Runs	9	5
RBI	27	17
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.236	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 86	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	# 137

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	# 124

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 183

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 138	# 71

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 157	# 84

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	406	344

Runs	58	68

Hits	93	93

Singles	54	55

Doubles	15	16

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	24	20

RBI	69	64

Stolen Bases	1	8

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	38	55

Strikeouts	140	103

Batting Average	.229	.270

On Base Pct	.303	.375

Slugging Pct	.443	.503

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.878

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	109

Runs	23	16

Hits	39	25

Singles	22	15

Doubles	8	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	5

RBI	27	17

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	17	16

Strikeouts	45	36

Batting Average	.236	.229

On Base Pct	.317	.332

Slugging Pct	.446	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Blue Jays third baseman Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kazuma Okamoto went 2-for-5 in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Red Sox with a three-run home run and one double. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Kazuma Okamoto is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Kazuma Okamoto went 1-for-3 in a 5-3 win over the Padres with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kazuma Okamoto 1B,3B - TOR			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Kazuma Okamoto (2026)

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