Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 330
VBR	# 161	# 691

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	16	12
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.257	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 356

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 210	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	360	114

Runs	53	16

Hits	95	32

Singles	64	24

Doubles	17	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	2

RBI	48	14

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	32	3

Strikeouts	110	21

Batting Average	.264	.281

On Base Pct	.332	.303

Slugging Pct	.425	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	100

Runs	19	12

Hits	34	24

Singles	22	17

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	16	12

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	35	25

Batting Average	.257	.238

On Base Pct	.332	.274

Slugging Pct	.413	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.639

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	Willi Castro went 1-for-5 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#316	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-0)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#377	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Willi Castro (2026)

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