Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	‐
VBR	# 14	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	7	‐
RBI	24	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.291	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	414	18

Runs	59	3

Hits	107	2

Singles	81	0

Doubles	19	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	45	0

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	47	1

Strikeouts	63	8

Batting Average	.259	.111

On Base Pct	.336	.200

Slugging Pct	.355	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	45	‐

Singles	30	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Batting Average	.291	‐

On Base Pct	.383	‐

Slugging Pct	.481	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.864	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Phillies with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Saturday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is trending towards returning to the Blue Jays lineup on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Friday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Friday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B,DH - TOR			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2026)

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