Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 327
VBR	# 263	# 767

Projections

Runs	17	13
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	18	10
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.230	.229

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	# 201	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	338	261

Runs	66	26

Hits	91	55

Singles	53	37

Doubles	16	11

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	20	4

RBI	64	23

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	53	28

Strikeouts	102	49

Batting Average	.269	.211

On Base Pct	.372	.285

Slugging Pct	.506	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.878	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	116	102

Runs	17	13

Hits	27	23

Singles	15	16

Doubles	5	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	18	10

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	10

Strikeouts	38	23

Batting Average	.230	.229

On Base Pct	.333	.300

Slugging Pct	.429	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.762	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Jake Bauers is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Jake Bauers has a fractured right big toe. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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 Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
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)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	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)	#394	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
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)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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