Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 463	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.235	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 270	# 251

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 363	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	162	39

Runs	24	7

Hits	41	10

Singles	27	9

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	17	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	32	14

Batting Average	.253	.256

On Base Pct	.282	.318

Slugging Pct	.370	.282

On-base Plus Slugging	.653	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	52	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.275	‐

Slugging Pct	.349	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.624	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
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	The Red Sox optioned Tsung-Che Cheng to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Red Sox recall INF Tsung-Che Cheng from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Cheng made his MLB debut with the Pirates last season, going hitless across seven plate appearances. The Red Sox claimed him off waivers from the Nationals last month. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Boston Red Sox claimed Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th
	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Nationals designated INF Tsung-Che Cheng for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 30th
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,LF,CF - DET			Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#388
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#275
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#418
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#392
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#258	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#410	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

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