Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 283
VBR	# 256	# 972

Projections

Runs	10	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	11	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.229	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 166	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 203	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 272

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	302	290

Runs	29	27

Hits	71	64

Singles	47	48

Doubles	11	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	7

RBI	31	39

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	33

Strikeouts	103	68

Batting Average	.235	.221

On Base Pct	.324	.314

Slugging Pct	.401	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	75	53

Runs	10	6

Hits	17	13

Singles	10	9

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	11	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	5

Strikeouts	23	11

Batting Average	.229	.239

On Base Pct	.310	.317

Slugging Pct	.416	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Mets are reportedly shopping Francisco Alvarez in a trade. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Francisco Alvarez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Thursday’s win over the Phillies with two solo home runs and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Francisco Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday’s 9-6 loss to the Cubs. He drove in the Mets’ first two runs with a two-run single in his first plate appearance before adding a 403-foot solo homer off Phil Maton in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 24th	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Francisco Alvarez C,DH - NYM			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Alvarez for Victor Caratini (2026)

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