Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Otto Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 35	# 335
VBR	# 66	# 423

Projections

Runs	14	8
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.274	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 56	# 363

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 27	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Otto Lopez 2B,SS - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	511	146

Runs	77	20

Hits	156	38

Singles	110	27

Doubles	30	9

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	58	14

Stolen Bases	25	1

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	30	4

Strikeouts	69	29

Batting Average	.305	.260

On Base Pct	.342	.288

Slugging Pct	.444	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Otto Lopez 2B,SS - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	111	70

Runs	14	8

Hits	30	17

Singles	22	12

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	17	17

Batting Average	.274	.237

On Base Pct	.323	.275

Slugging Pct	.397	.362

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Otto Lopez 2B,SS - MIA	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Otto Lopez went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Otto Lopez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday’s 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Otto Lopez went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Otto Lopez went 3-for-5 with a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and two stolen bases in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Otto Lopez went 1-for-2 with a walk, one RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Otto Lopez 2B,SS - MIA			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Otto Lopez (2026)

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