Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander for Maximo Acosta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 301	‐
VBR	# 1093	# 1305

Projections

Runs	8	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 297	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 263	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	221	‐

Runs	31	‐

Hits	68	‐

Singles	50	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.308	‐

On Base Pct	.364	‐

Slugging Pct	.434	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	63	4

Runs	8	0

Hits	15	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	20	1

Batting Average	.243	.201

On Base Pct	.319	.240

Slugging Pct	.373	.239

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.478

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL	Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
News
	Blaze Alexander is hopeful to resume hitting at some point this upcoming week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	The Marlins activated SS Maximo Acosta from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Blaze Alexander played catch for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Marlins have placed infielder Maximo Acosta on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Blaze Alexander remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left oblique strain and will miss three to four weeks. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Orioles say Blaze Alexander does not hold a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Marlins infielder Maximo Acosta was scratched from Wednesday's lineup due to left oblique discomfort. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	The Orioles placed Blaze Alexander on the injured list with a left hand fracture. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL			Maximo Acosta 3B,SS - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander for Maximo Acosta (2026)

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