Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 337	# 1343

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.274	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 232	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 279	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	21

Runs	31	4

Hits	62	5

Singles	44	4

Doubles	12	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	23	5

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	24	2

Strikeouts	27	9

Batting Average	.268	.238

On Base Pct	.344	.304

Slugging Pct	.394	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	111	10

Runs	14	1

Hits	30	2

Singles	21	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	16	3

Batting Average	.274	.192

On Base Pct	.340	.261

Slugging Pct	.410	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs recalled Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS			Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

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