Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 93	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	27	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.249	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	419	18

Runs	48	3

Hits	101	2

Singles	68	0

Doubles	18	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	60	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	67	1

Strikeouts	113	8

Batting Average	.241	.111

On Base Pct	.356	.200

Slugging Pct	.387	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	43	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Batting Average	.249	‐

On Base Pct	.346	‐

Slugging Pct	.451	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Michael Busch (2026)

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