Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Joshua Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1259	# 1402

Projections

Runs	3	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.220	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	18	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	0	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.611	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.944	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	23	7

Runs	3	1

Hits	5	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Batting Average	.220	.184

On Base Pct	.287	.245

Slugging Pct	.379	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
News
	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	Outfielder John Rave has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC			Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Joshua Baez (2026)

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