Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Ryan Ritter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL	Ryan Ritter 2B,SS - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1266	# 1176

Projections

Runs	1	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.208	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL	Ryan Ritter 2B,SS - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	31	15

Runs	1	2

Hits	1	3

Singles	1	3

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	4	5

Batting Average	.032	.200

On Base Pct	.032	.250

Slugging Pct	.032	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.065	.450

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL	Ryan Ritter 2B,SS - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	4	26

Runs	1	3

Hits	1	7

Singles	1	5

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	2

Strikeouts	1	8

Batting Average	.208	.252

On Base Pct	.228	.323

Slugging Pct	.249	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.477	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL	Ryan Ritter 2B,SS - COL
News
	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Rockies recalled INF Ryan Ritter from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Rockies sent Ryan Ritter to the ACL on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Rockies optioned INF/OF Ryan Ritter to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Ritter played 60 games in 2025, dividing his time equally between second base and shortstop. Colorado's offseason acquisitions of Willi Castro and Edouard Julien have altered the middle infield landscape. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL			Ryan Ritter 2B,SS - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Ryan Ritter (2026)

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