Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Austin Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 223
VBR	# 57	# 1019

Projections

Runs	23	11
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	26	7
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.274	.251

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 213

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 204

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 241

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	431	258

Runs	60	37

Hits	125	61

Singles	79	45

Doubles	27	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	2

RBI	77	21

Stolen Bases	3	10

Caught Stealing	0	7

Walks	40	42

Strikeouts	75	55

Batting Average	.290	.236

On Base Pct	.354	.351

Slugging Pct	.483	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	174	76

Runs	23	11

Hits	48	19

Singles	32	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	26	7

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	10

Strikeouts	29	16

Batting Average	.274	.251

On Base Pct	.336	.346

Slugging Pct	.445	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in win over the Yankees with three home runs, three runs scored, six RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in a 7-0 win over the Reds with a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Austin Martin (2026)

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