Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	# 72
VBR	# 30	# 89

Projections

Runs	19	18
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	20	19
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.257	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 42

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 66

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	473

Runs	68	52

Hits	123	115

Singles	73	79

Doubles	24	20

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	26	14

RBI	90	63

Stolen Bases	12	2

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	53	69

Strikeouts	119	123

Batting Average	.258	.243

On Base Pct	.333	.350

Slugging Pct	.473	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	127

Runs	19	18

Hits	34	31

Singles	21	19

Doubles	7	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	20	19

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	16

Strikeouts	32	35

Batting Average	.257	.248

On Base Pct	.329	.342

Slugging Pct	.452	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.785

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a 9-8 win over the White Sox with a home run, four runs scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in Sunday's10-2 win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#302	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#215	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#313	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#364	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#359	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Sal Stewart (2026)

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