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	# 107	‐
VBR	# 181	# 1294

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.230	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 370

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	381	14

Runs	74	0

Hits	106	4

Singles	63	3

Doubles	19	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	22	0

RBI	72	1

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	66	1

Strikeouts	112	2

Batting Average	.278	.286

On Base Pct	.387	.333

Slugging Pct	.512	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.899	.691

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


At Bats	94	10

Runs	14	1

Hits	22	2

Singles	13	2

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	0

Strikeouts	30	3

Batting Average	.230	.212

On Base Pct	.339	.250

Slugging Pct	.423	.301

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.551

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-3 in Tuesday’s 22-0 win over the Mariners with a home run, one double, three runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jake Bauers went 4-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a double, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 17th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#198
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
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 (6-8)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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Jake Bauers for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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