Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	# 190
VBR	# 49	# 326

Projections

Runs	25	15
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	29	15
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.276	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	# 189

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 152

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 198

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	304

Runs	57	33

Hits	118	87

Singles	76	60

Doubles	26	24

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	3

RBI	71	41

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	0	5

Walks	36	30

Strikeouts	71	58

Batting Average	.284	.286

On Base Pct	.345	.355

Slugging Pct	.460	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	192	123

Runs	25	15

Hits	53	32

Singles	35	22

Doubles	10	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	29	15

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	31	26

Batting Average	.276	.264

On Base Pct	.336	.328

Slugging Pct	.452	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.732

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
News
	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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
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			Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Troy Johnston (2026)

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