Who Should I Trade?

Joshua Baez for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 97	# 1403

Projections

Runs	34	1
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	31	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.251	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	366	‐

Runs	60	‐

Hits	92	‐

Singles	66	‐

Doubles	19	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	79	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.389	‐

Slugging Pct	.361	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	223	7

Runs	34	1

Hits	56	1

Singles	35	1

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	31	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	32	1

Strikeouts	60	2

Batting Average	.251	.184

On Base Pct	.349	.245

Slugging Pct	.437	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Joshua Baez LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Joshua Baez for Taylor Ward (2026)

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