Who Should I Trade?

Luken Baker for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1341	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.174	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	55	5

Runs	8	0

Hits	12	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	17	3

Batting Average	.218	.200

On Base Pct	.283	.200

Slugging Pct	.455	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.174	‐

On Base Pct	.224	‐

Slugging Pct	.227	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.450	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
News
	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Diamondbacks re-signed 1B Luken Baker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	The Diamondbacks sent 1B Luken Baker outright to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st	The Diamondbacks designated 1B Luken Baker for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Baker is a career .206/.317/.338 hitter with four home runs over parts of three major-league seasons. Arizona selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday to fill the roster spot left by Carlos Santana (groin), with Pavin Smith (elbow) also currently sidelined. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	The D-backs have reassigned first baseman Luken Baker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD			Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Luken Baker for Ryan Ward (2026)

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