Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Nick Fortes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Nick Fortes C - TB
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 174	# 347
VBR	# 325	# 1125

Projections

Runs	9	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	10	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.273	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 342

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 312

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	191	259

Runs	16	28

Hits	54	68

Singles	41	50

Doubles	6	14

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	29	29

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	9

Strikeouts	25	34

Batting Average	.283	.263

On Base Pct	.364	.307

Slugging Pct	.424	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Nick Fortes C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	48

Runs	9	5

Hits	19	11

Singles	14	8

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	10	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	3

Strikeouts	10	9

Batting Average	.273	.232

On Base Pct	.358	.285

Slugging Pct	.420	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Nick Fortes C - TB
News
	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Nick Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Nick Fortes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Nick Fortes went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Nick Fortes went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	Alejandro Kirk could return from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Nick Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR			Nick Fortes C - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Nick Fortes (2026)

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