Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 137	# 177
VBR	# 191	# 341

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.263

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	# 120

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 286

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 68

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	# 134

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	253

Runs	36	28

Hits	72	67

Singles	45	47

Doubles	9	10

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	10

RBI	48	32

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	27	10

Strikeouts	93	42

Batting Average	.233	.265

On Base Pct	.297	.293

Slugging Pct	.434	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	82	67

Runs	11	8

Hits	20	18

Singles	12	12

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	3

Strikeouts	23	12

Batting Average	.246	.263

On Base Pct	.316	.298

Slugging Pct	.454	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
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	Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with two home runs, three runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 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			Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Samuel Basallo for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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