Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 191	# 1324

Projections

Runs	11	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	13	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.122

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	85

Runs	36	8

Hits	72	16

Singles	45	10

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	17	0

RBI	48	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	6

Strikeouts	92	18

Batting Average	.236	.188

On Base Pct	.301	.239

Slugging Pct	.439	.271

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	82	3

Runs	11	0

Hits	20	0

Singles	12	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	13	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	23	0

Batting Average	.246	.122

On Base Pct	.316	.153

Slugging Pct	.454	.163

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.316

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	J.C. Escarra C - NYY
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Yankees optioned C J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Yankees recalled C J.C. Escarra from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	J.C. Escarra went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 13-4 win over the Royals with a double, a triple, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			J.C. Escarra C - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

J.C. Escarra for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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