Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Romy Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 244	# 249
VBR	# 1162	# 1151

Projections

Runs	5	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	5	5
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.229	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 267	# 261

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 197

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	# 227

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	65

Runs	40	7

Hits	66	12

Singles	42	7

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	38	7

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	36	5

Strikeouts	114	21

Batting Average	.212	.185

On Base Pct	.303	.264

Slugging Pct	.375	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.572

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	36	39

Runs	5	5

Hits	8	9

Singles	5	6

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	5	5

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	10	11

Batting Average	.229	.241

On Base Pct	.312	.292

Slugging Pct	.429	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
News
	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Red Sox optioned Romy Gonzalez to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	The Red Sox activated INF Romy Gonzalez from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	Romy Gonzalez will not be activated from the injured list for Saturday’s game against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Romy Gonzalez is expected to return from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	Romy Gonzalez told reporters he is targeting Saturday against the Yankees for his season debut. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			Romy Gonzalez 1B,2B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#365
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#114
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#346
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Romy Gonzalez (2026)

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