Who Should I Trade?

Luis Arraez for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	# 151
VBR	# 101	# 75

Projections

Runs	28	28
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	30	22
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.249	.304

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	# 206

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	# 112

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	# 174

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 32

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 72

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	378	386

Runs	46	48

Hits	91	125

Singles	59	92

Doubles	17	22

Triples	2	7

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	54	37

Stolen Bases	2	8

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	65	25

Strikeouts	107	18

Batting Average	.241	.324

On Base Pct	.363	.362

Slugging Pct	.400	.448

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	.810

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	222

Runs	28	28

Hits	48	67

Singles	29	52

Doubles	10	11

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	30	22

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	26	14

Strikeouts	55	11

Batting Average	.249	.304

On Base Pct	.346	.347

Slugging Pct	.452	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF
News
	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	Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Angels with three singles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Luis Arraez told reporters he wants to remain at second base if he is traded. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Luis Arraez went 3-for-4 in a 4-3 loss to the Rockies with a walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Arraez for Michael Busch (2026)

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