Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	56	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.276	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


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Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	The Diamondbacks signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	Santiago Espinal has been granted his release by the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 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
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#270	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#260
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#396
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#240
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#273	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#379	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#400	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#271
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#327	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#344	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#96
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#387
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#96
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#152	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#303	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#122
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#156	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#40
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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