Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 2	# 312
VBR	# 4	# 437

Projections

Runs	31	11
Home Runs	12	2
RBI	33	8
Stolen Bases	1	8
Batting Average	.303	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	# 301

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 278

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	118

Runs	74	29

Hits	128	30

Singles	73	15

Doubles	20	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	35	5

RBI	82	10

Stolen Bases	1	25

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	75	15

Strikeouts	83	43

Batting Average	.324	.254

On Base Pct	.436	.364

Slugging Pct	.641	.475

On-base Plus Slugging	1.077	.839

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	70

Runs	31	11

Hits	50	17

Singles	28	11

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	12	2

RBI	33	8

Stolen Bases	1	8

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	27	7

Strikeouts	34	20

Batting Average	.303	.241

On Base Pct	.420	.319

Slugging Pct	.586	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	1.006	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Rangers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI while drawing two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Esteury Ruiz drew three walks and logged a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Esteury Ruiz recorded two walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#342	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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