Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS	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	‐	# 1255

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 251	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	39	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.256	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.282	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.600	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	3

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Batting Average	‐	.240

On Base Pct	‐	.311

Slugging Pct	‐	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.655

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS	Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
News
	The Red Sox optioned Tsung-Che Cheng to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Nacho Alvarez Jr. was dealt to the Angels on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Red Sox recall INF Tsung-Che Cheng from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Braves optioned Nacho Alvarez Jr. to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Cheng made his MLB debut with the Pirates last season, going hitless across seven plate appearances. The Red Sox claimed him off waivers from the Nationals last month. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	The Boston Red Sox claimed Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th
	The Nationals designated INF Tsung-Che Cheng for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 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
	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS			Nacho Alvarez Jr. 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#388
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#403
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#388	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#362	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#280	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#255	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#255	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#399	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#242	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#283	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#116	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#173	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#167	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#126
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#302
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138

Who Should I Trade?

Nacho Alvarez Jr. for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

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