Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 307	# 281
VBR	# 1224	# 935

Projections

Runs	5	12
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	3	10
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.240	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	# 265

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 216	# 220

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	215

Runs	20	30

Hits	40	50

Singles	30	36

Doubles	7	8

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	7	30

Stolen Bases	6	9

Caught Stealing	3	5

Walks	10	28

Strikeouts	33	45

Batting Average	.282	.233

On Base Pct	.336	.328

Slugging Pct	.387	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	34	92

Runs	5	12

Hits	8	22

Singles	6	15

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	3	10

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	11

Strikeouts	10	21

Batting Average	.240	.236

On Base Pct	.320	.321

Slugging Pct	.359	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
News
	Blake Dunn is slated to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Blake Dunn took batting practice on the field Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Blake Dunn hit off a tee on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Blake Dunn continues to deal with elbow discomfort and has yet to begin baseball activities. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Blake Dunn received a cortisone injection. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Richie Palacios went 0-for-3 with one walk and one stolen base in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 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
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN			Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs DET	Ty Madden	#289
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Richie Palacios (2026)

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