Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	‐
VBR	# 87	# 1290

Projections

Runs	22	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 62	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 290	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	422	‐

Runs	47	‐

Hits	93	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	57	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	147	‐

Batting Average	.220	‐

On Base Pct	.295	‐

Slugging Pct	.365	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.660	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	6

Runs	22	1

Hits	39	1

Singles	23	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	48	1

Batting Average	.251	.207

On Base Pct	.320	.273

Slugging Pct	.448	.259

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.532

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Austin Riley went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo homer in Friday's 3-2 loss. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Austin Riley went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd
	Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with two solo homers and four total RBI in Sunday's 8-5 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 19th
	Austin Riley went 2-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Riley 3B - ATL			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#222
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#242	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#118
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#324
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#269	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#231	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Riley for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

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