Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	# 236
VBR	# 46	‐

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.280	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 211

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 220

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 52	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	517	135

Runs	78	7

Hits	150	20

Singles	95	13

Doubles	33	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	2

RBI	99	6

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	47	9

Strikeouts	96	36

Batting Average	.290	.148

On Base Pct	.354	.201

Slugging Pct	.480	.230

On-base Plus Slugging	.834	.431

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	91	13

Runs	12	2

Hits	26	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	16	3

Batting Average	.280	.240

On Base Pct	.341	.321

Slugging Pct	.457	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
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	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. 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	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	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	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
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 (11-7)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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