Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	# 114
VBR	# 129	# 250

Projections

Runs	25	20
Home Runs	7	7
RBI	26	21
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.265	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 87

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	# 148

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	# 138

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	# 202

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 71

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	323

Runs	53	62

Hits	94	85

Singles	64	50

Doubles	13	16

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	17	18

RBI	68	60

Stolen Bases	1	8

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	30	52

Strikeouts	85	101

Batting Average	.279	.263

On Base Pct	.344	.369

Slugging Pct	.469	.486

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.856

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	138

Runs	25	20

Hits	48	31

Singles	33	18

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	26	21

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	18	20

Strikeouts	42	46

Batting Average	.265	.224

On Base Pct	.337	.328

Slugging Pct	.428	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.747

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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 O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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 O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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