Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	# 1159	‐

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 359	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	56

Runs	10	5

Hits	20	15

Singles	13	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	16	8

Batting Average	.256	.268

On Base Pct	.281	.276

Slugging Pct	.397	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	71	24

Runs	8	3

Hits	17	6

Singles	12	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	2

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.236	.234

On Base Pct	.274	.280

Slugging Pct	.365	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.620

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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