Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 9	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	7	‐
Batting Average	.268	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 77	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 215

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	357	44

Runs	58	7

Hits	84	12

Singles	54	11

Doubles	20	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	39	2

Stolen Bases	29	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	54	7

Strikeouts	53	3

Batting Average	.235	.273

On Base Pct	.335	.385

Slugging Pct	.375	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.360	‐

Slugging Pct	.458	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
News
	Jose Ramirez is not in the Guardians lineup on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox with a walk, an RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox with a walk, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jose Ramirez remains out of the Guardians lineup on Wednesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Jose Ramirez is not in the lineup on Tuesday for the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE			Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#234
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#362	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#75
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#136	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#274	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#88	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#197	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#154
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#209	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#255	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-0)	#222	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#408	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#231
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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