Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	# 235
VBR	# 193	# 1134

Projections

Runs	11	5
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	15	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 238

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 239

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	186

Runs	46	33

Hits	104	40

Singles	67	20

Doubles	19	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	17	10

RBI	58	31

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	39

Strikeouts	99	46

Batting Average	.222	.215

On Base Pct	.267	.358

Slugging Pct	.376	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.794

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	36

Runs	11	5

Hits	25	8

Singles	15	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	15	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	22	10

Batting Average	.246	.226

On Base Pct	.298	.324

Slugging Pct	.430	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Gary Sanchez went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-3 in Wednesday’s loss to the Athletics with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Gary Sanchez went 2-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Gary Sanchez C,1B,DH - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352

Who Should I Trade?

Gary Sanchez for Salvador Perez (2026)

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