Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 350

Projections

Runs	‐	4
Home Runs	‐	1
RBI	‐	5
Stolen Bases	‐	1
Batting Average	‐	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	74

Runs	‐	4

Hits	‐	12

Singles	‐	6

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	3

RBI	‐	10

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	1

Walks	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	23

Batting Average	‐	.162

On Base Pct	‐	.195

Slugging Pct	‐	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.519

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	40

Runs	‐	4

Hits	‐	9

Singles	‐	6

Doubles	‐	2

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	5

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	12

Batting Average	‐	.229

On Base Pct	‐	.285

Slugging Pct	‐	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.669

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
News
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	Shay Whitcomb went 2-for-4 in a 10-9 loss to the Reds with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	The Giants recalled INF/OF Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
		Shay Whitcomb was claimed off waivers by the Giants on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
		The Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#266	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#389	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#230
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#373
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#244
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs HOU	Bryan King
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#41	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Shay Whitcomb (2026)

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