Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Manny Machado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	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	# 48	‐
VBR	# 55	# 1320

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	21	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.252	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	461	31

Runs	63	1

Hits	101	1

Singles	57	1

Doubles	20	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	0

RBI	71	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	58	0

Strikeouts	114	4

Batting Average	.219	.032

On Base Pct	.304	.032

Slugging Pct	.419	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	7

Runs	19	1

Hits	34	1

Singles	21	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	0

Strikeouts	30	1

Batting Average	.252	.181

On Base Pct	.325	.202

Slugging Pct	.441	.221

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.423

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#233
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (4-3)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Manny Machado (2026)

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