Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Patrick Bailey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 348	‐
VBR	# 1125	# 499

Projections

Runs	5	8
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	5	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	# 349

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 312	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	259	253

Runs	28	24

Hits	68	49

Singles	50	34

Doubles	14	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	7

RBI	29	30

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	25

Strikeouts	34	71

Batting Average	.263	.194

On Base Pct	.307	.263

Slugging Pct	.363	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	44	69

Runs	5	8

Hits	10	15

Singles	7	10

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	5	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	6

Strikeouts	8	20

Batting Average	.237	.222

On Base Pct	.287	.284

Slugging Pct	.358	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.645	.628

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Fortes C - TB	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
News
	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Patrick Bailey went 2-for-5 in a 9-1 win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd
	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Bailey went 2-for-3 in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st
	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-3 in a 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd
	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st	Patrick Bailey went 4-for-5 in Monday's 13-4 win over the Twins with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Fortes C - TB			Patrick Bailey C - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#136	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#137
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#79	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#158	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#176	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#370
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#79	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#224
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Fortes for Patrick Bailey (2026)

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