Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nolan Arenado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	‐
VBR	# 174	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.252	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	426	18

Runs	63	3

Hits	102	2

Singles	60	0

Doubles	20	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	0

RBI	65	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	43	1

Strikeouts	100	8

Batting Average	.239	.111

On Base Pct	.317	.200

Slugging Pct	.439	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	25	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Batting Average	.252	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.409	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Nolan Arenado is back in the Diamondbacks lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Nolan Arenado is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	Nolan Arenado was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Nolan Arenado (2026)

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