Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 134
VBR	# 214	# 204

Projections

Runs	23	25
Home Runs	8	8
RBI	25	25
Stolen Bases	4	3
Batting Average	.231	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	# 119

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 146	# 174

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 131

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	# 122

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 150

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	303	324

Runs	56	54

Hits	79	81

Singles	45	50

Doubles	15	15

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	16

RBI	59	40

Stolen Bases	6	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	49	34

Strikeouts	94	81

Batting Average	.261	.250

On Base Pct	.368	.329

Slugging Pct	.495	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.863	.773

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	182

Runs	23	25

Hits	36	44

Singles	21	27

Doubles	7	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	8

RBI	25	25

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	20

Strikeouts	51	45

Batting Average	.231	.240

On Base Pct	.336	.322

Slugging Pct	.437	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
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	Spencer Steer went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Spencer Steer is reportedly generating trade interest. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Reds infielder Spencer Steer went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Reds infielder Spencer Steer went 2-for-5 with a homer in a 6-5 loss to the Brewers on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Reds first baseman Spencer Steer went 1-for-5 with a three-run homer in a 10-2 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
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			Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#155	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Spencer Steer (2026)

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