Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 39	# 1356

Projections

Runs	23	0
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	0
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.141

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	# 251

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	429	39

Runs	60	7

Hits	92	10

Singles	49	9

Doubles	20	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	23	0

RBI	70	5

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	55	4

Strikeouts	110	14

Batting Average	.215	.256

On Base Pct	.299	.318

Slugging Pct	.422	.282

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.600

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	2

Runs	23	0

Hits	42	0

Singles	26	0

Doubles	8	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	0

Strikeouts	37	1

Batting Average	.256	.141

On Base Pct	.328	.159

Slugging Pct	.458	.167

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.326

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
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 Red Sox optioned Tsung-Che Cheng to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Red Sox recall INF Tsung-Che Cheng from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Cheng made his MLB debut with the Pirates last season, going hitless across seven plate appearances. The Red Sox claimed him off waivers from the Nationals last month. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	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	The Boston Red Sox claimed Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 6th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Nationals designated INF Tsung-Che Cheng for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Tsung-Che Cheng 2B,3B,SS - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#216	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#420
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#221	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#406
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#198	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

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Manny Machado for Tsung-Che Cheng (2026)

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