Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Jose Altuve (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	# 332
VBR	# 104	# 1226

Projections

Runs	31	6
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	28	6
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.260	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 101	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 93	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	294	78

Runs	45	10

Hits	68	20

Singles	43	13

Doubles	13	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	27	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	29	2

Strikeouts	71	16

Batting Average	.231	.256

On Base Pct	.302	.281

Slugging Pct	.395	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	219	49

Runs	31	6

Hits	57	12

Singles	38	8

Doubles	10	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	2

Strikeouts	46	12

Batting Average	.260	.237

On Base Pct	.331	.272

Slugging Pct	.428	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has begun playing defense in addition to a hitting and running program he began on July 1. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Nationals with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-3 in a win over the Rays with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Jose Altuve went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a double, a triple, two walks, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Javier Baez was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Jose Altuve (2026)

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