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Kevin Alcantara for Nick Castellanos (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD  | Kevin Alcantara CF,RF - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 232 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 1092 | # 1280 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 19 | 7 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 2 |
| RBI | 21 | 6 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .238 | .226 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 138 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 331 | ‐ |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Kevin Alcantara CF,RF - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 113 | 3 |
| Runs | 9 | 0 |
| Hits | 21 | 0 |
| Singles | 12 | 0 |
| Doubles | 5 | 0 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 4 | 0 |
| RBI | 19 | 0 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 5 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .186 | .000 |
| On Base Pct | .219 | .250 |
| Slugging Pct | .336 | .000 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .555 | .250 |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Kevin Alcantara CF,RF - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 162 | 53 |
| Runs | 19 | 7 |
| Hits | 39 | 12 |
| Singles | 25 | 8 |
| Doubles | 8 | 2 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 2 |
| RBI | 21 | 6 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 10 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 42 | 18 |
| Batting Average | .238 | .226 |
| On Base Pct | .288 | .285 |
| Slugging Pct | .391 | .373 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .679 | .659 |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Kevin Alcantara CF,RF - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | The Cubs recalled OF Kevin Alcántara from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | The Cubs optioned OF Kevin Alcántara to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | |
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | Cubs manager Craig Counsell said outfielder Kevin Alcantara has prepared well for a job. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th | |
| Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th | ||
| Nick Castellanos was not on the market long as he inks a deal with the San Diego Padres. Castellanos will make $780K from the Padres while the Phillies, who released him earlier this week, are on the hook for the remainder of his $20 million salary in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | Kevin Alcantara CF,RF - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #244 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | |
| Sat, May 30th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs CIN | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ STL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ATL | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs LAD | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ CHC | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAD | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ATL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIA | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs COL | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs COL | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ARI | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs MIL | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CLE | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ NYM | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PIT | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TB | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs WSH | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ SF | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ COL | |||||
