Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 111
VBR	# 97	# 164

Projections

Runs	20	16
Home Runs	8	7
RBI	24	22
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.242	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	# 96

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 147	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 64	# 126

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	# 190

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	# 112

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 126	# 93

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	417	430

Runs	49	41

Hits	99	92

Singles	63	58

Doubles	17	17

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	19	16

RBI	68	49

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	18

Strikeouts	122	94

Batting Average	.237	.214

On Base Pct	.298	.260

Slugging Pct	.415	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.630

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	142

Runs	20	16

Hits	38	35

Singles	23	22

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	7

RBI	24	22

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	8

Strikeouts	43	32

Batting Average	.242	.245

On Base Pct	.298	.298

Slugging Pct	.444	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
News
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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 Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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 Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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 Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX			Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#308	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#250	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Salvador Perez (2026)

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