Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1112	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.207	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	186	‐

Runs	16	‐

Hits	46	‐

Singles	31	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	28	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.276	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.658	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	7	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.207	‐

On Base Pct	.247	‐

Slugging Pct	.266	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.513	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Blaze Jordan is doing "better than anticipated." Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Blaze Jordan (ankle) was placed on the IL ahead of Friday's game against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 28th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Blaze Jordan went 1-for-3 in a 7-5 win over the Orioles with a home run, one run scored, three RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 28th
	Blaze Jordan went 1-for-4 with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 16th
	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a triple, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
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 Jordan 1B,3B - STL			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#212
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

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