Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for David Fry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	David Fry C,LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	# 392
VBR	# 52	# 1171

Projections

Runs	12	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.276	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 52	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 416

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	David Fry C,LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	514	144

Runs	78	16

Hits	150	26

Singles	95	16

Doubles	33	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	6

RBI	99	13

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	46	25

Strikeouts	95	52

Batting Average	.292	.181

On Base Pct	.355	.302

Slugging Pct	.483	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.838	.635

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	David Fry C,LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	93	25

Runs	12	3

Hits	26	6

Singles	17	4

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	16	8

Batting Average	.276	.229

On Base Pct	.337	.306

Slugging Pct	.446	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.704

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	David Fry C,LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's 11-4 win over the Cubs with a home run, a double, two runs scored and four RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 17th	The Guardians recalled David Fry from Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-3 in Saturday's 8-4 win over the Cubs with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 16th	The Guardians optioned David Fry to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Phillies with a double, one run scored, three RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	David Fry went 1-for-1 in a 6-5 win over the White Sox with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 3rd
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in loss to the Phillies with a double, one run scored, three RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	David Fry went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Cardinals 7-4 win over the Rockies on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	David Fry went 1-for-2 in a 4-2 win over the Brewers on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
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			David Fry C,LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for David Fry (2026)

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