Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	# 333
VBR	# 485	# 1225

Projections

Runs	17	6
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	15	6
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.243	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 261	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 199	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	123	78

Runs	13	10

Hits	31	20

Singles	20	13

Doubles	10	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	9	6

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	46	16

Batting Average	.252	.256

On Base Pct	.306	.281

Slugging Pct	.350	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.656	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	125	49

Runs	17	6

Hits	30	12

Singles	20	8

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	15	6

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	36	12

Batting Average	.243	.237

On Base Pct	.326	.272

Slugging Pct	.378	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Ryan Waldschmidt exited Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right thumb. He underwent X-rays after the game, which came back negative. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Diamondbacks recalled Ryan Waldschmidt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Diamondbacks optioned OF Ryan Waldschmidt to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI triple, and a stolen base on Sunday during the Diamondbacks' 9-1 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Ryan Waldschmidt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a perfect night at the dish on Monday. David Leisering Tue, May 19th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Waldschmidt LF,CF,RF - ARI			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Ryan Waldschmidt (2026)

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