Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander for Nolan Arenado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 311
VBR	# 172	# 341

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	12	7
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.247	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	# 307

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	# 263

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	438	226

Runs	64	31

Hits	105	69

Singles	62	51

Doubles	21	12

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	21	4

RBI	65	29

Stolen Bases	4	9

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	43	16

Strikeouts	102	54

Batting Average	.240	.305

On Base Pct	.316	.360

Slugging Pct	.436	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.790

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	61

Runs	11	8

Hits	21	15

Singles	14	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	16	19

Batting Average	.247	.245

On Base Pct	.309	.318

Slugging Pct	.398	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
News
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Orioles say Blaze Alexander will begin a rehab assignment in the next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Nolan Arenado is back in the Diamondbacks lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Blaze Alexander did some pre-game fielding drills on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Nolan Arenado is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Blaze Alexander is hopeful to resume hitting at some point this upcoming week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Blaze Alexander played catch for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Nolan Arenado was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Blaze Alexander remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI			Blaze Alexander 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Alexander for Nolan Arenado (2026)

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