Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	# 244
VBR	# 204	# 338

Projections

Runs	11	9
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	10
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 207

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	# 218

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	# 335

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	296	325

Runs	35	33

Hits	70	80

Singles	43	51

Doubles	9	17

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	12

RBI	48	43

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	26	40

Strikeouts	86	100

Batting Average	.237	.246

On Base Pct	.301	.329

Slugging Pct	.446	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	78

Runs	11	9

Hits	21	18

Singles	12	11

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	9

Strikeouts	23	25

Batting Average	.243	.230

On Base Pct	.312	.315

Slugging Pct	.446	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Tyler Stephenson C - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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