Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 138	‐
VBR	# 222	# 1328

Projections

Runs	22	1
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	23	1
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.228	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	55

Runs	57	8

Hits	80	12

Singles	46	5

Doubles	15	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	3

RBI	59	12

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	50	5

Strikeouts	98	17

Batting Average	.259	.218

On Base Pct	.366	.283

Slugging Pct	.489	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	9

Runs	22	1

Hits	34	2

Singles	19	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	23	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	1

Strikeouts	49	3

Batting Average	.228	.218

On Base Pct	.334	.295

Slugging Pct	.431	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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 Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Ryan Ward (2026)

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