Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	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	# 1217	# 1288

Projections

Runs	2	0
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	77	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.182	‐

On Base Pct	.241	‐

Slugging Pct	.273	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.514	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	18	3

Runs	2	0

Hits	4	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Batting Average	.239	.237

On Base Pct	.302	.267

Slugging Pct	.338	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.543

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	Thomas Saggese was called up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 28th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Thomas Saggese went 1-for-2 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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