Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Tim Tawa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	‐
VBR	# 90	# 394

Projections

Runs	22	13
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	23	13
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.251	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 418

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	453	174

Runs	52	21

Hits	111	41

Singles	75	27

Doubles	20	8

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	6

RBI	63	26

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	68	14

Strikeouts	118	45

Batting Average	.245	.236

On Base Pct	.355	.288

Slugging Pct	.391	.385

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	103

Runs	22	13

Hits	38	24

Singles	22	15

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	23	13

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	9

Strikeouts	42	28

Batting Average	.251	.233

On Base Pct	.346	.297

Slugging Pct	.453	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
News
	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	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 10-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	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	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 5-1 win over the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Tim Tawa went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 5-3 win over the Dodgers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Tim Tawa went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 9-3 win over the Dodgers on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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	The D-backs have recalled infielder/outfielder Tim Tawa from Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Tim Tawa 1B,2B,3B,LF,CF,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#242
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent	#231	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Tim Tawa (2026)

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