Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Mickey Moniak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 99	‐
VBR	# 110	# 1343

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	21	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.261	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	263	21

Runs	40	4

Hits	73	5

Singles	37	4

Doubles	13	0

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	19	1

RBI	52	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	71	9

Batting Average	.278	.238

On Base Pct	.318	.304

Slugging Pct	.574	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	137	10

Runs	20	1

Hits	36	2

Singles	21	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	21	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	37	3

Batting Average	.261	.192

On Base Pct	.305	.261

Slugging Pct	.482	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.540

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
News
	Mickey Moniak went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rays with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Monday's 13-9 loss to the Rays with a home run, a triple, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Mickey Moniak and the Colorado Rockies are expected to agree to a two-year contract extension. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cubs recalled Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs optioned Kevin Alcantara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs have recalled infielder Kevin Alcantara from Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Kevin Alcantara LF,CF,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Alcantara for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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