Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Drew Waters (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	‐
VBR	# 49	# 1375

Projections

Runs	25	0
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	29	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.276	.088

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	‐

Runs	57	‐

Hits	117	‐

Singles	75	‐

Doubles	26	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	71	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Batting Average	.285	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.462	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.807	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	2

Runs	25	0

Hits	53	0

Singles	35	0

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	0

Strikeouts	31	1

Batting Average	.276	.088

On Base Pct	.336	.116

Slugging Pct	.452	.138

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.255

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
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	The Royals sent OF Drew Waters outright to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	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	Waters slashed .234/.300/.369 with a 31.1 percent strikeout rate over parts of four major-league seasons and couldn't earn a spot on Kansas City's Opening Day roster. With no minor-league options remaining, he's headed to waivers. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
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			Drew Waters LF,CF,RF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Drew Waters (2026)

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