Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	# 312
VBR	# 1117	# 425

Projections

Runs	11	10
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	8
Stolen Bases	3	7
Batting Average	.230	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	123

Runs	32	30

Hits	53	32

Singles	38	17

Doubles	8	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	32	10

Stolen Bases	9	27

Caught Stealing	5	3

Walks	30	16

Strikeouts	50	44

Batting Average	.229	.260

On Base Pct	.325	.374

Slugging Pct	.346	.472

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	66

Runs	11	10

Hits	19	16

Singles	14	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	8

Stolen Bases	3	7

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	10	6

Strikeouts	19	19

Batting Average	.230	.240

On Base Pct	.315	.318

Slugging Pct	.341	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.656	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Esteury Ruiz went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Richie Palacios (2026)

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