Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Alex Jackson C - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 305	# 1276

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	9	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.236	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 355

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Alex Jackson C - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	339	66

Runs	35	11

Hits	84	20

Singles	53	15

Doubles	18	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	47	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	1

Strikeouts	106	23

Batting Average	.248	.303

On Base Pct	.327	.333

Slugging Pct	.416	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Alex Jackson C - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	9

Runs	8	1

Hits	16	2

Singles	10	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	0

Strikeouts	23	3

Batting Average	.236	.215

On Base Pct	.320	.253

Slugging Pct	.402	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.601

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN	Alex Jackson C - MIN
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 in a 10-8 win over the Cubs with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Twins selected the contract of C Alex Jackson from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	The Twins designated C Alex Jackson for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Alex Jackson went 1-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	Alex Jackson had his contract purchased from Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	The Twins sent C Alex Jackson outright to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C,DH - CIN			Alex Jackson C - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Jackson for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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