Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Samuel Basallo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 137	# 172
VBR	# 191	# 305

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.276

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 154	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	# 158

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	# 140

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 96	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 242

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 168	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	201

Runs	36	17

Hits	72	55

Singles	45	42

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	7

RBI	48	29

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	26

Strikeouts	93	25

Batting Average	.233	.274

On Base Pct	.297	.352

Slugging Pct	.434	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	82	67

Runs	11	8

Hits	20	18

Singles	12	13

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	23	10

Batting Average	.246	.276

On Base Pct	.316	.359

Slugging Pct	.454	.424

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.783

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL	Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
News
	Samuel Basallo delivered a big swing in a small sample, making his lone trip to the plate count in Baltimore's tight win. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 23rd	Alejandro Kirk went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	The Orioles activated Samuel Basallo from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Samuel Basallo went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in a rehab game for Double-A Chesapeake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Alejandro Kirk went 4-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Samuel Basallo took batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Samuel Basallo could resume hitting in the first half of next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Alejandro Kirk could return from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samuel Basallo C,1B,DH - BAL			Alejandro Kirk C - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430

Who Should I Trade?

Alejandro Kirk for Samuel Basallo (2026)

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