Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 297	# 333
VBR	# 515	# 1159

Projections

Runs	13	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.245	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	262	78

Runs	32	10

Hits	59	20

Singles	41	13

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	30	6

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	58	16

Batting Average	.225	.256

On Base Pct	.268	.281

Slugging Pct	.359	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.627	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	71

Runs	13	8

Hits	27	17

Singles	19	12

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	3

Strikeouts	21	18

Batting Average	.245	.236

On Base Pct	.296	.274

Slugging Pct	.371	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.639

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Nathan Church (2026)

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