Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	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	# 158	‐
VBR	# 77	# 1315

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.246	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	348	31

Runs	45	1

Hits	82	1

Singles	48	1

Doubles	20	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	45	0

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	0

Strikeouts	98	4

Batting Average	.236	.032

On Base Pct	.307	.032

Slugging Pct	.411	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	105	6

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	1

Singles	16	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	0

Strikeouts	27	1

Batting Average	.246	.178

On Base Pct	.312	.199

Slugging Pct	.436	.220

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.419

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 win over Atlanta on Wednesday with one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 loss to the Mariners on Sunday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Friday with a solo home run, a run scored, and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#286	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#267	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#333	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#317	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#322	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#288	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#169	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#153	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#265	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Royce Lewis (2026)

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