Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Jose Herrera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Jose Herrera C - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 261	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.272	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 158	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Jose Herrera C - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	218	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	59	‐

Singles	45	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	26	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Batting Average	.271	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.408	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Jose Herrera C - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.272	‐

On Base Pct	.354	‐

Slugging Pct	.427	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Jose Herrera C - PIT
News
	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 7-0 win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st	The Pirates signed C Jose Herrera to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Alejandro Kirk went 3-for-6 in a win over the Rays with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Alejandro Kirk was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and will be active for Friday's game against the Yankees. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR			Jose Herrera C - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#416	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#338	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Jose Herrera (2026)

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