Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	# 236
VBR	# 175	# 1173

Projections

Runs	18	5
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	18	6
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.257	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 101	# 267

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	# 152

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	371	312

Runs	52	40

Hits	103	66

Singles	65	42

Doubles	22	10

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	13	13

RBI	64	38

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	29	36

Strikeouts	96	114

Batting Average	.278	.212

On Base Pct	.331	.303

Slugging Pct	.458	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	142	39

Runs	18	5

Hits	37	9

Singles	24	5

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	37	11

Batting Average	.257	.222

On Base Pct	.308	.307

Slugging Pct	.408	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#205	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#329	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#230	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#236	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

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