Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 256
VBR	# 175	# 701

Projections

Runs	11	6
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	15	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.244	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 273

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 313

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	280

Runs	46	40

Hits	105	79

Singles	68	50

Doubles	19	21

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	8

RBI	59	43

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	20	16

Strikeouts	102	33

Batting Average	.221	.282

On Base Pct	.266	.322

Slugging Pct	.372	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.765

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	97	60

Runs	11	6

Hits	24	15

Singles	15	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	15	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	21	8

Batting Average	.244	.245

On Base Pct	.297	.294

Slugging Pct	.423	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.667

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a home run, two hits, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 22nd
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-3 in a win over the Reds with three singles, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 10th
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Keibert Ruiz supplied some rare thump in a lineup that didn’t have enough of it to keep pace. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 15th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Salvador Perez (2026)

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