Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fernandez for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 329
VBR	# 97	# 1282

Projections

Runs	27	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	29	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.248	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 86	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	393	165

Runs	47	23

Hits	96	42

Singles	63	32

Doubles	18	7

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	3

RBI	56	15

Stolen Bases	2	7

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	66	7

Strikeouts	110	40

Batting Average	.244	.255

On Base Pct	.364	.289

Slugging Pct	.400	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	19

Runs	27	2

Hits	46	5

Singles	27	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	1

Strikeouts	53	5

Batting Average	.248	.246

On Base Pct	.346	.285

Slugging Pct	.448	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI
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	The Diamondbacks optioned Jose Fernandez to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	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	Jose Fernandez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base on Saturday as the Diamondbacks lost to the Rockies, 4-2. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	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	Jose Fernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and three runs scored on Sunday, helping the Diamondbacks to an 11-7 victory over the Padres. David Leisering Sun, Apr 26th
	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	Jose Fernandez hit cleanup for the Diamondbacks on Sunday and went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI as the Diamondbacks defeated the Phillies, 4-3, in Philadelphia. David Leisering Sun, Apr 12th
	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	Jose Fernandez went 0-for-4, but stole his first career base on Sunday as the Diamondbacks defeated the Braves, 6-5, in 10 innings. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fernandez for Michael Busch (2026)

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