Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	# 248
VBR	# 159	# 283

Projections

Runs	19	21
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	25	18
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.243	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 233

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 243

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	# 208

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	412	205

Runs	40	26

Hits	89	45

Singles	55	37

Doubles	17	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	3

RBI	47	17

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	17	22

Strikeouts	93	51

Batting Average	.216	.220

On Base Pct	.262	.307

Slugging Pct	.379	.288

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.595

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	155

Runs	19	21

Hits	40	36

Singles	25	24

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	25	18

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	9	19

Strikeouts	37	37

Batting Average	.243	.233

On Base Pct	.296	.327

Slugging Pct	.432	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
News
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Giants with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Salvador Perez (2026)

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