Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Javier Sanoja (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Sanoja 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 272	# 334
VBR	# 348	# 559

Projections

Runs	13	12
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	12	13
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.268	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 171	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Sanoja 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	292	109

Runs	27	16

Hits	79	30

Singles	49	22

Doubles	24	6

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	39	13

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	24	20

Batting Average	.271	.275

On Base Pct	.307	.298

Slugging Pct	.408	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Sanoja 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	106

Runs	13	12

Hits	28	25

Singles	19	17

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	12	13

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	12	26

Batting Average	.268	.237

On Base Pct	.310	.273

Slugging Pct	.404	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Sanoja 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Javier Sanoja went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Tigers utility man Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Javier Sanoja went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	The Tigers have activated utility player Javier Baez from the injured list, and he will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles in center field. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Javier Sanoja went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI in Tuesday's 14-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Javier Sanoja went 3-for-5 with a triple, a double, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-7 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Javier Sanoja went 3-for-4 with one run scored, one RBI and two stolen bases in Saturday's 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Sanoja 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - MIA			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#233
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#424
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Javier Sanoja (2026)

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