Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 4	‐

Projections

Runs	29	‐
Home Runs	12	‐
RBI	31	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.305	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	410	‐

Runs	78	‐

Hits	135	‐

Singles	76	‐

Doubles	24	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	35	‐

RBI	84	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	80	‐

Strikeouts	85	‐

Batting Average	.329	‐

On Base Pct	.443	‐

Slugging Pct	.644	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.087	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	‐

Runs	29	‐

Hits	47	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	12	‐

RBI	31	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	26	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Batting Average	.305	‐

On Base Pct	.423	‐

Slugging Pct	.589	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.012	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 4-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with three doubles, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Rangers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI while drawing two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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