Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 256
VBR	# 204	# 432

Projections

Runs	11	7
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	# 273

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 313

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	301	280

Runs	35	40

Hits	70	79

Singles	43	50

Doubles	9	21

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	8

RBI	48	43

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	26	16

Strikeouts	90	33

Batting Average	.233	.282

On Base Pct	.296	.322

Slugging Pct	.439	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	64

Runs	11	7

Hits	21	16

Singles	12	11

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	23	8

Batting Average	.243	.256

On Base Pct	.312	.301

Slugging Pct	.446	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a home run, two hits, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 22nd
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-3 in a win over the Reds with three singles, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 10th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Keibert Ruiz supplied some rare thump in a lineup that didn’t have enough of it to keep pace. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 15th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#426
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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