Nick Castellanos or Yordan Alvarez

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Nick Castellanos or Yordan Alvarez Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	523	115

Runs	95	9

Hits	162	22

Singles	93	13

Doubles	30	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	38	4

RBI	96	20

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	101	5

Strikeouts	114	34

Batting Average	.310	.191

On Base Pct	.427	.221

Slugging Pct	.589	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	1.016	.560

Nick Castellanos or Yordan Alvarez Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	466	345

Runs	77	43

Hits	137	86

Singles	80	55

Doubles	26	17

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	29	12

RBI	84	47

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	67	22

Strikeouts	92	86

Batting Average	.294	.249

On Base Pct	.382	.295

Slugging Pct	.545	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.927	.704

Nick Castellanos or Yordan Alvarez Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Yordan Alvarez is back in the Astros’ starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	Astros manager Joe Espada is hopeful Yordan Alvarez will be back in the lineup Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Yordan Alvarez is day-to-day with a right ankle injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Yordan Alvarez (ankle) is out of the lineup for the Houston Astros against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday according to Brian McTaggart. Chris Schommer Fri, Sep 11th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Sep 7th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
	Yordan Alvarez is shaping up as one of the more polarizing draft-day decisions in 2026 fantasy leagues. After an injury-marred 2025 season burned managers who invested a first- or early second-round pick, Alvarez now projects as a rebound bat with elite per-game production when healthy. Projection systems still view him as a middle-of-the-order force capable of strong four-category output, supported by his consistently elite plate skills and long track record of hard contact. The main complication is positional flexibility: Alvarez is expected to qualify only at DH in most formats, effectively locking him into a UTIL role and increasing roster rigidity. That added risk will likely suppress his ADP, but entering his age-29 season, the underlying talent suggests a strong bounce-back is well within reach. If the discount reflects health concerns rather than skill erosion, Alvarez becomes a calculated upside play worth considering at the right price. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	If healthy, Yordan is arguably a first-round-pick talent. If he falls, I would gamble, but otherwise passing on his upside given the obvious concerns. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Nick Castellanos or Yordan Alvarez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#212
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#272
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH