Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 105	# 332
VBR	# 114	# 1236

Projections

Runs	26	6
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	28	6
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.263	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 97	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	212	78

Runs	30	10

Hits	58	20

Singles	29	13

Doubles	11	5

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	15	2

RBI	38	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	2

Strikeouts	58	16

Batting Average	.274	.256

On Base Pct	.322	.281

Slugging Pct	.566	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.888	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	49

Runs	26	6

Hits	47	12

Singles	27	8

Doubles	9	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	48	12

Batting Average	.263	.235

On Base Pct	.311	.271

Slugging Pct	.491	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.802	.636

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Mickey Moniak. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-5 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, a double, three runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 in a 6-3 win over the Marlins with a home run, a triple, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Mickey Moniak went 1-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	The Rockies activated OF Mickey Moniak from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Javier Baez was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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