Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	‐
VBR	# 82	# 1250

Projections

Runs	11	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	12	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.243	.194

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	381	‐

Runs	48	‐

Hits	90	‐

Singles	54	‐

Doubles	21	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	49	‐

Stolen Bases	14	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.304	‐

Slugging Pct	.407	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	3

Runs	11	0

Hits	20	1

Singles	13	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	21	1

Batting Average	.243	.194

On Base Pct	.305	.228

Slugging Pct	.423	.236

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.464

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Royce Lewis went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 15-2 win over the Tigers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 2nd	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-4 loss to the White Sox with a stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Athletics with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 win over Atlanta on Wednesday with one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#121	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Royce Lewis (2026)

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