Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	# 1137	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.236	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 359	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	34

Runs	10	1

Hits	20	6

Singles	13	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	6	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	16	8

Batting Average	.256	.177

On Base Pct	.281	.200

Slugging Pct	.397	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.406

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.274	‐

Slugging Pct	.367	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.642	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
News
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jerar Encarnacion has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Giants designated Jerar Encarnacion for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET			Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Jerar Encarnacion (2026)

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