Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Patrick Bailey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 325	# 499

Projections

Runs	9	8
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	10	8
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.273	.222

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	# 349

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	191	252

Runs	16	23

Hits	54	49

Singles	41	34

Doubles	6	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	29	30

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	21

Strikeouts	25	70

Batting Average	.283	.194

On Base Pct	.364	.254

Slugging Pct	.424	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.567

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	72

Runs	9	8

Hits	19	16

Singles	14	11

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	10	8

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	10	21

Batting Average	.273	.222

On Base Pct	.358	.281

Slugging Pct	.420	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR	Patrick Bailey C - CLE
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	Patrick Bailey went 2-for-5 in a 9-1 win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 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	Bailey went 2-for-3 in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st
	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-3 in a 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th
	Alejandro Kirk could return from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	Patrick Bailey went 4-for-5 in Monday's 13-4 win over the Twins with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR			Patrick Bailey C - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Patrick Bailey (2026)

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