Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	44	18

Runs	7	3

Hits	12	2

Singles	11	0

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	3	8

Batting Average	.273	.111

On Base Pct	.385	.200

Slugging Pct	.296	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

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Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles on Friday during the Angels' 8-5 loss to the Rays. David Leisering Sat, May 30th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#266	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-2)	#224	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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