Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	# 174
VBR	# 193	# 325

Projections

Runs	11	9
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	15	10
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.273

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	# 158

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	# 140

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 242

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	191

Runs	46	16

Hits	104	54

Singles	67	41

Doubles	19	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	7

RBI	58	29

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	26

Strikeouts	99	25

Batting Average	.222	.283

On Base Pct	.267	.364

Slugging Pct	.376	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.788

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	70

Runs	11	9

Hits	25	19

Singles	15	14

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	15	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	9

Strikeouts	22	10

Batting Average	.246	.273

On Base Pct	.298	.358

Slugging Pct	.430	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.778

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Alejandro Kirk could return from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Salvador Perez (2026)

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