Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Isaac Paredes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 119	# 1271

Projections

Runs	13	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	14	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.285

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	31

Runs	52	1

Hits	121	1

Singles	80	1

Doubles	23	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	0

RBI	73	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	58	0

Strikeouts	71	4

Batting Average	.259	.032

On Base Pct	.358	.032

Slugging Pct	.421	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	3

Runs	13	0

Hits	23	1

Singles	15	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	14	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	17	1

Batting Average	.246	.285

On Base Pct	.347	.303

Slugging Pct	.418	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	Isaac Paredes went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Athletics with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the White Sox with three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Isaac Paredes (2026)

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