Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 332
VBR	# 44	# 1226

Projections

Runs	33	6
Home Runs	11	1
RBI	36	6
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.263	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 41	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	78

Runs	47	10

Hits	76	20

Singles	38	13

Doubles	21	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	2

RBI	46	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	45	2

Strikeouts	63	16

Batting Average	.248	.256

On Base Pct	.349	.281

Slugging Pct	.480	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	222	49

Runs	33	6

Hits	58	12

Singles	34	8

Doubles	13	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	36	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	2

Strikeouts	53	12

Batting Average	.263	.237

On Base Pct	.342	.272

Slugging Pct	.480	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.822	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 in Saturday's win over the Nationals with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has initiated a running and hitting program. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Tyler Soderstrom is not in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) is completing daily rehab after a brief shutdown. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Athletics outfielder Tyler Soderstrom (hip) could be activated as soon as Wednesday versus the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Javier Baez was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

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