Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 112	# 146
VBR	# 268	# 152

Projections

Runs	17	25
Home Runs	6	9
RBI	18	26
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.229	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	# 162

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 276

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	# 130

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 201	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	371

Runs	65	49

Hits	90	80

Singles	53	43

Doubles	16	17

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	19	20

RBI	63	54

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	53	46

Strikeouts	101	133

Batting Average	.270	.216

On Base Pct	.373	.308

Slugging Pct	.500	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.873	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	177

Runs	17	25

Hits	27	40

Singles	16	22

Doubles	5	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	9

RBI	18	26

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	22

Strikeouts	38	56

Batting Average	.229	.226

On Base Pct	.332	.319

Slugging Pct	.426	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
News
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run homer in a 6-1 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
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 Torkelson 1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#124	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#51	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#25	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#133	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#169	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Jake Bauers for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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