Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 109	‐
VBR	# 248	‐

Projections

Runs	16	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	16	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.231	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	351	‐

Runs	68	‐

Hits	94	‐

Singles	56	‐

Doubles	16	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	20	‐

RBI	65	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	56	‐

Strikeouts	108	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.371	‐

Slugging Pct	.496	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.867	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	24	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.334	‐

Slugging Pct	.430	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
News
	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Jake Bauers is hopeful to be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Jake Bauers remains out of the lineup on Thursday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
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			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
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)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

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