Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	‐
VBR	# 143	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	516	‐

Runs	63	‐

Hits	129	‐

Singles	81	‐

Doubles	22	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	23	‐

RBI	79	‐

Stolen Bases	8	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	88	‐

Batting Average	.250	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.438	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 5-4 loss to the Tigers on Monday with a walk and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 8th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Brooks Lee went 2-for-3 in a 10-1 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Sep 7th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-5 in Monday's 11-1 win over the Tigers with three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 1st
	Brooks Lee went 2-for-5 in a 7-4 loss to the White Sox on Friday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th
	Brooks Lee went 1-for-4 in a 7-4 loss to the Athletics on Wednesday with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS - MIN			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#224
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Brooks Lee for Nacho Alvarez Jr. (2026)

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