Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	‐
VBR	# 367	# 1347

Projections

Runs	16	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.263	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 255	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	20

Runs	9	3

Hits	23	4

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	8	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	15	9

Batting Average	.274	.200

On Base Pct	.386	.238

Slugging Pct	.452	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	.438

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	119	8

Runs	16	1

Hits	31	2

Singles	22	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	20	3

Batting Average	.263	.178

On Base Pct	.343	.256

Slugging Pct	.395	.238

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.494

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Brendan Donovan is hopeful to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Brendan Donovan has moved his rehab to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Brendan Donovan is scheduled to resume his rehab assignment in High-A Everett on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Brendan Donovan is starting at second base in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs recalled OF Kevin Alcántara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Brendan Donovan went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

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