Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Braden Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	# 183
VBR	# 49	# 308

Projections

Runs	25	20
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	29	18
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.276	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	# 131

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	# 155

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 149

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 218

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	152

Runs	57	22

Hits	118	37

Singles	76	22

Doubles	26	10

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	71	20

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	36	16

Strikeouts	71	35

Batting Average	.284	.243

On Base Pct	.345	.322

Slugging Pct	.460	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	157

Runs	25	20

Hits	53	38

Singles	35	24

Doubles	10	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	29	18

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	15

Strikeouts	31	47

Batting Average	.276	.243

On Base Pct	.336	.313

Slugging Pct	.452	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.704

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
News
	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	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
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			Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Jun 20th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Braden Montgomery (2026)

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