Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 44	# 244
VBR	# 58	# 1162

Projections

Runs	20	5
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	23	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.273	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 267

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 46	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 378

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


At Bats	450	312

Runs	64	40

Hits	129	66

Singles	80	42

Doubles	29	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	19	13

RBI	81	38

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	36

Strikeouts	81	114

Batting Average	.287	.212

On Base Pct	.353	.303

Slugging Pct	.482	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	36

Runs	20	5

Hits	42	8

Singles	28	5

Doubles	8	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	23	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	26	10

Batting Average	.273	.229

On Base Pct	.336	.312

Slugging Pct	.449	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
News
	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	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st
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			Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
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 (8-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

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