Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 114	# 388
VBR	# 228	# 1285

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.226	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 202	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	325	69

Runs	62	7

Hits	86	16

Singles	51	10

Doubles	16	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	2

RBI	60	10

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	52	5

Strikeouts	101	21

Batting Average	.265	.232

On Base Pct	.370	.312

Slugging Pct	.486	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	14

Runs	20	2

Hits	30	3

Singles	18	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	45	4

Batting Average	.226	.231

On Base Pct	.330	.299

Slugging Pct	.420	.338

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	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	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	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 Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
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			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

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Jake Bauers for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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