Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Jose Ramirez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 44
VBR	# 9	# 52

Projections

Runs	16	12
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	15	14
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.267	.276

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	# 39

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	# 29

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	# 56

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 52

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 38

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 77	# 46

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	514

Runs	58	78

Hits	90	150

Singles	57	95

Doubles	23	33

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	21

RBI	44	99

Stolen Bases	31	3

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	55	46

Strikeouts	59	95

Batting Average	.240	.292

On Base Pct	.336	.355

Slugging Pct	.381	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.838

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	93

Runs	16	12

Hits	26	26

Singles	16	17

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	15	14

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	13	16

Batting Average	.267	.276

On Base Pct	.360	.337

Slugging Pct	.455	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.815	.784

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels with one stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	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
	Jose Ramirez went 3-for-6 in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Angels with three doubles, five RBI, one stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	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
	Jose Ramirez is not in the Guardians lineup on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox with a walk, an RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox with a walk, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE			Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
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 Jose Ramirez (2026)

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