Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 106	# 1224

Projections

Runs	28	4
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	30	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	388	35

Runs	47	5

Hits	96	9

Singles	63	8

Doubles	18	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	56	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	66	10

Strikeouts	109	7

Batting Average	.247	.257

On Base Pct	.368	.422

Slugging Pct	.405	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.772	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	35

Runs	28	4

Hits	48	9

Singles	28	6

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	30	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	25	4

Strikeouts	54	8

Batting Average	.249	.243

On Base Pct	.346	.323

Slugging Pct	.452	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.682

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	The Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	The Padres placed INF Will Wagner on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Will Wagner (2026)

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