Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1287

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 215	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	44	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.273	‐

On Base Pct	.385	‐

Slugging Pct	.296	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	6

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	1

Batting Average	‐	.226

On Base Pct	‐	.303

Slugging Pct	‐	.278

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.581

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles on Friday during the Angels' 8-5 loss to the Rays. David Leisering Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#276	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#239	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#175	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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