Who Should I Trade?

Giancarlo Stanton for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Giancarlo Stanton LF,RF,DH - NYY	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 226	‐
VBR	# 1202	# 1343

Projections

Runs	5	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 200	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 282	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Giancarlo Stanton LF,RF,DH - NYY	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	90	21

Runs	8	4

Hits	23	5

Singles	14	4

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	29	9

Batting Average	.256	.238

On Base Pct	.302	.304

Slugging Pct	.422	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Giancarlo Stanton LF,RF,DH - NYY	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	10

Runs	5	1

Hits	8	2

Singles	5	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	12	3

Batting Average	.230	.192

On Base Pct	.304	.261

Slugging Pct	.458	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Giancarlo Stanton LF,RF,DH - NYY	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Giancarlo Stanton will take live batting practice on the field at Yankee Stadium on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Giancarlo Stanton has resumed outdoor running. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Kevin Alcantara went 1-for-1 with a walk and a two-run home run in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	The Yankees say Giancarlo Stanton isn't close to returning. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs recalled Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Giancarlo Stanton has resumed outdoor running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton's calf injury setback was actually a new injury to the same area of the calf, and he has just started running again, according to general manager Brian Cashman. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Giancarlo Stanton LF,RF,DH - NYY			Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Giancarlo Stanton for Kevin Alcantara (2026)

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