Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 43	# 1292

Projections

Runs	20	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 215

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	447	44

Runs	62	7

Hits	97	12

Singles	54	11

Doubles	20	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	23	0

RBI	70	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	55	7

Strikeouts	111	3

Batting Average	.217	.273

On Base Pct	.299	.385

Slugging Pct	.416	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	5

Runs	20	1

Hits	37	1

Singles	23	1

Doubles	7	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	0

Strikeouts	33	1

Batting Average	.256	.207

On Base Pct	.329	.249

Slugging Pct	.455	.230

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.479

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles on Friday during the Angels' 8-5 loss to the Rays. David Leisering Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#243
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#188	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (3-3)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#276
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#276	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#364
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#191
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#206
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#107	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#265
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#337	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#117	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#183	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#337
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#427
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#166
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#136	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#128
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Fri, Apr 24th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#245
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#101
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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