Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 237	# 1151

Projections

Runs	21	7
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	22	8
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.225	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	313	14

Runs	57	0

Hits	80	4

Singles	46	3

Doubles	15	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	59	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	50	1

Strikeouts	99	2

Batting Average	.256	.286

On Base Pct	.362	.333

Slugging Pct	.482	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.845	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	58

Runs	21	7

Hits	32	15

Singles	18	10

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	22	8

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	4

Strikeouts	48	15

Batting Average	.225	.256

On Base Pct	.330	.307

Slugging Pct	.422	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.727

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	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	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Orioles infielder Ryan Mount Castle has been diagnosed with a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to manager Craig Albernaz. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th
	Jake Bauers went 3-for-6 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Ryan Mountcastle left Saturday’s game against the Giants with left foot pain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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