Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 58	# 487

Projections

Runs	22	14
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	25	14
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.276	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 265

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	435	186

Runs	60	23

Hits	126	47

Singles	79	29

Doubles	28	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	18	7

RBI	77	22

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	18

Strikeouts	76	41

Batting Average	.290	.253

On Base Pct	.353	.337

Slugging Pct	.483	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.767

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	106

Runs	22	14

Hits	46	25

Singles	31	15

Doubles	9	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	25	14

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	28	28

Batting Average	.276	.236

On Base Pct	.337	.313

Slugging Pct	.452	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
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	Jared Young went 1-for-2 with a walk, one run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th
	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	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd
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			Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#159	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jared Young (2026)

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