Who Should I Trade?

Alex Verdugo for Kyle Isbel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 336	‐
VBR	# 247	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.189	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 265	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	290	‐

Runs	32	‐

Hits	64	‐

Singles	48	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Batting Average	.221	‐

On Base Pct	.265	‐

Slugging Pct	.321	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.585	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.189	‐

On Base Pct	.245	‐

Slugging Pct	.242	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.488	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
News
	Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 11-7 win over the Tigers with two runs scored, three RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Alex Verdugo has a shoulder injury that is expected to keep him out the rest of the season and require surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Kyle Isbel went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Tigers with a solo home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 23rd	Verdugo will likely need an extended run of success at Triple-A El Paso before putting himself in consideration for a promotion to San Diego. He posted a .585 OPS across 213 plate appearances with Atlanta in 2025 and signed a minor-league deal with the Padres on March 1. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 in Friday's 5-2 win over the Tigers with a home run, a double, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 22nd	The Padres signed OF Alex Verdugo to a minor league contract Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Kyle Isbel went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th
	The Royals activated OF Kyle Isbel from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC			Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#194
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#41
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#165
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Verdugo for Kyle Isbel (2026)

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