Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	‐	# 1288

Projections

Runs	2	0
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.240	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 220	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.148	‐

On Base Pct	.201	‐

Slugging Pct	.230	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	13	3

Runs	2	0

Hits	3	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	0

Strikeouts	3	1

Batting Average	.240	.237

On Base Pct	.321	.267

Slugging Pct	.400	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.543

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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