Who Should I Trade?

Joshua Baez for Mike Tauchman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	‐	# 872

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	FA

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	100	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.278	‐

Slugging Pct	.510	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	2

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	0

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	0

Batting Average	‐	.235

On Base Pct	‐	.330

Slugging Pct	‐	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Joshua Baez (oblique) was placed on the IL ahead of Friday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 18th	Mike Tauchman was released by the Mets on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th
	Joshua Báez was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Giants with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	Joshua Baez went 3-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Sep 12th	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Joshua Baez went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Rockies with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Sep 6th	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Joshua Baez went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's win over the Dodgers with a home run, a walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Sep 2nd	The Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (4-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7

Who Should I Trade?

Joshua Baez for Mike Tauchman (2026)

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