Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Luken Baker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 76	‐
VBR	# 64	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	13	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.261	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 93	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	416	5

Runs	59	0

Hits	102	1

Singles	69	1

Doubles	17	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	41	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	37	0

Strikeouts	93	3

Batting Average	.245	.200

On Base Pct	.309	.200

Slugging Pct	.397	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	27	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.419	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
News
	Jose Altuve went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Diamondbacks re-signed 1B Luken Baker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Jose Altuve went 2-for-5 in a win over the Mariners with one run scored and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Diamondbacks sent 1B Luken Baker outright to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Jose Altuve is back in the Astros lineup on Friday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Diamondbacks designated 1B Luken Baker for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Jose Altuve is not in the Astros lineup on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Baker is a career .206/.317/.338 hitter with four home runs over parts of three major-league seasons. Arizona selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday to fill the roster spot left by Carlos Santana (groin), with Pavin Smith (elbow) also currently sidelined. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	Jose Altuve will undergo additional imaging on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The D-backs have reassigned first baseman Luken Baker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU			Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Altuve for Luken Baker (2026)

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