Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Pete Alonso (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pete Alonso 1B,DH - BAL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 79
VBR	# 24	# 101

Projections

Runs	33	28
Home Runs	14	9
RBI	38	30
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.258	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	# 56

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 23	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 28	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 90

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pete Alonso 1B,DH - BAL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	389	378

Runs	63	46

Hits	97	91

Singles	56	59

Doubles	20	17

Triples	0	2

Home Runs	21	13

RBI	66	54

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	54	65

Strikeouts	113	107

Batting Average	.249	.241

On Base Pct	.347	.363

Slugging Pct	.463	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	.763

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pete Alonso 1B,DH - BAL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	213	194

Runs	33	28

Hits	55	48

Singles	30	29

Doubles	11	10

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	14	9

RBI	38	30

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	26

Strikeouts	57	55

Batting Average	.258	.249

On Base Pct	.348	.346

Slugging Pct	.500	.452

On-base Plus Slugging	.848	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pete Alonso 1B,DH - BAL	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Pete Alonso went 0-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Astros with one run scored, one stolen base, two walks and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Pete Alonso went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, a double, two runs scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Pete Alonso went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Pete Alonso went 3-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Pete Alonso went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	Michael Busch went 2-for-6 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 23-3 win over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pete Alonso 1B,DH - BAL			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Pete Alonso (2026)

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