Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	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	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1271

Projections

Runs	‐	3
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	3
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	18

Runs	20	3

Hits	36	4

Singles	22	4

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	29	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	65	7

Batting Average	.200	.222

On Base Pct	.281	.263

Slugging Pct	.389	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.485

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	27

Runs	‐	3

Hits	‐	6

Singles	‐	4

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	3

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	9

Batting Average	‐	.229

On Base Pct	‐	.290

Slugging Pct	‐	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Cubs recalled OF Kevin Alcántara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said outfielder Kevin Alcantara has prepared well for a job. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			Kevin Alcantara CF,RF,DH - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

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