Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Xander Bogaerts (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 120	# 336
VBR	# 82	# 423

Projections

Runs	13	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	7
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.262	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	# 363

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Xander Bogaerts SS - SD	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	433	149

Runs	50	22

Hits	94	39

Singles	70	27

Doubles	13	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	47	14

Stolen Bases	17	1

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	62	4

Strikeouts	88	29

Batting Average	.217	.262

On Base Pct	.318	.289

Slugging Pct	.323	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.664

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Xander Bogaerts SS - SD	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	65

Runs	13	8

Hits	26	16

Singles	18	11

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	3

Strikeouts	19	16

Batting Average	.262	.239

On Base Pct	.338	.278

Slugging Pct	.396	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Xander Bogaerts SS - SD	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
News
	Xander Bogaerts left Wednesday's game early with an apparent hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-5 win over the Guardians on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Xander Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 4-3 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Javier Baez will not be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Xander Bogaerts is in the Padres lineup on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Xander Bogaerts expects to be back in the Padres lineup on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Xander Bogaerts SS - SD			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Baez for Xander Bogaerts (2026)

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