Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 160
VBR	# 4	# 191

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	19	14
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.307	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	# 156

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 2	# 153

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	# 222

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 152

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	467

Runs	88	66

Hits	151	119

Singles	86	74

Doubles	28	27

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	36	17

RBI	91	81

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	91	42

Strikeouts	97	106

Batting Average	.323	.255

On Base Pct	.438	.320

Slugging Pct	.618	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	1.055	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	95

Runs	19	12

Hits	31	24

Singles	18	15

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	19	14

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	11

Strikeouts	20	21

Batting Average	.307	.249

On Base Pct	.429	.329

Slugging Pct	.581	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	1.011	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a 10-7 win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Josh Bell went 1-for-3 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, one run scored, three RBI and one walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th
	Yordan Alvarez went 4-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with three doubles, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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