Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	# 79
VBR	# 48	# 103

Projections

Runs	28	29
Home Runs	9	10
RBI	32	31
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.276	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 56

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	# 90

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	388	373

Runs	54	46

Hits	110	91

Singles	69	59

Doubles	25	17

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	15	13

RBI	69	54

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	34	65

Strikeouts	64	105

Batting Average	.284	.244

On Base Pct	.345	.367

Slugging Pct	.469	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.772

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	213	198

Runs	28	29

Hits	59	49

Singles	39	29

Doubles	11	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	10

RBI	32	31

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	26

Strikeouts	35	56

Batting Average	.276	.250

On Base Pct	.336	.348

Slugging Pct	.455	.454

On-base Plus Slugging	.792	.802

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Brewers with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in the win over the Cubs with one RBI and one stolen base while striking out twice. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with four RBI and one run scored. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 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			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Michael Busch (2026)

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