Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Joey Ortiz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	# 336
VBR	# 282	# 423

Projections

Runs	9	8
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.252	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 264	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 259	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 249	# 363

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 352	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	149

Runs	38	22

Hits	72	39

Singles	51	27

Doubles	12	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	38	14

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	31	4

Strikeouts	63	29

Batting Average	.247	.262

On Base Pct	.315	.289

Slugging Pct	.375	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	69	70

Runs	9	8

Hits	17	17

Singles	12	12

Doubles	3	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	14	17

Batting Average	.252	.237

On Base Pct	.313	.275

Slugging Pct	.390	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Joey Ortiz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Joey Ortiz went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	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
	Joey Ortiz went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s 22-0 win over the Mariners with one walk and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Joey Ortiz went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Joey Ortiz is back in the Brewers lineup on Wednesday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Joey Ortiz 3B,SS - MIL			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ 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
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
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
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Joey Ortiz (2026)

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