Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Mike Yastrzemski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 334	# 301
VBR	# 983	# 401

Projections

Runs	11	17
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	12	15
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.235	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	# 308

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


At Bats	100	256

Runs	16	37

Hits	28	60

Singles	20	38

Doubles	6	13

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	8

RBI	11	32

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	28

Strikeouts	20	71

Batting Average	.280	.234

On Base Pct	.305	.317

Slugging Pct	.400	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.704

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


At Bats	97	116

Runs	11	17

Hits	23	27

Singles	16	16

Doubles	4	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	12	15

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	14

Strikeouts	24	32

Batting Average	.235	.235

On Base Pct	.271	.323

Slugging Pct	.354	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL
News
	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	Mike Yastrzemski went 1-for-2 with a solo homer, a sacrifice fly, and two total RBI in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Mike Yastrzemski went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 31st
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Braves activated Mike Yastrzemski from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Mike Yastrzemski (elbow) could return from the IL as soon as Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Atlanta Braves placed Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to left elbow inflammation. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET			Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Mike Yastrzemski (2026)

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