Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Kyle Stowers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 125	# 1330

Projections

Runs	23	2
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.239	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 104	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 115	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	21

Runs	42	4

Hits	77	5

Singles	38	4

Doubles	20	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	48	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	35	2

Strikeouts	119	9

Batting Average	.234	.238

On Base Pct	.319	.304

Slugging Pct	.459	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.778	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	13

Runs	23	2

Hits	39	3

Singles	22	2

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	54	4

Batting Average	.239	.198

On Base Pct	.326	.268

Slugging Pct	.449	.298

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.566

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Kevin Alcantara went 1-for-1 with a walk and a two-run home run in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Thursday's 4-2 loss against the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 30th	The Cubs recalled Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Kyle Stowers went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 5-3 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Kyle Stowers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Stowers 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - MIA			Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Kyle Stowers (2026)

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