Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	# 275
VBR	# 265	# 862

Projections

Runs	16	11
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	17	12
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.229	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 86	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	344	261

Runs	68	24

Hits	93	60

Singles	55	44

Doubles	16	9

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	20	7

RBI	64	37

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	55	26

Strikeouts	103	61

Batting Average	.270	.230

On Base Pct	.375	.313

Slugging Pct	.503	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	.657

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	109	92

Runs	16	11

Hits	25	22

Singles	15	16

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	17	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	36	20

Batting Average	.229	.244

On Base Pct	.332	.319

Slugging Pct	.425	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam 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			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

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Jake Bauers for Victor Caratini (2026)

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