Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Willson Contreras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	# 70
VBR	# 43	# 40

Projections

Runs	18	21
Home Runs	5	7
RBI	21	22
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.273	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	# 66

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 72

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 93

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 25

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 46	# 28

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	463	388

Runs	68	60

Hits	133	109

Singles	82	64

Doubles	30	19

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	20	24

RBI	86	72

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	45	51

Strikeouts	84	118

Batting Average	.287	.281

On Base Pct	.355	.391

Slugging Pct	.486	.526

On-base Plus Slugging	.841	.917

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	139	136

Runs	18	21

Hits	38	35

Singles	25	21

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	7

RBI	21	22

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	12	16

Strikeouts	23	40

Batting Average	.273	.259

On Base Pct	.336	.357

Slugging Pct	.444	.468

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.825

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
News
	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	Willson Contreras went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Blue Jays with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	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	Willson Contreras is in the Red Sox lineup on Wednesday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Willson Contreras is back in the Red Sox lineup on Saturday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow 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	Willson Contreras is not in the Red Sox lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Red Sox are hopeful Willson Contreras will be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
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			Willson Contreras 1B - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#288	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#220	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#89
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#266	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#107	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#268
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#217
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#292
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#292
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#171
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#339	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#43	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#139	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#187	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#205	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#127	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#282
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#205	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#412
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#438	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#39	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#136
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#105
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Willson Contreras (2026)

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