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Nick Castellanos for Yordan Alvarez (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU  | Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 11 | # 232 |
| VBR | # 8 | # 1092 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 58 | 19 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 5 |
| RBI | 63 | 21 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .300 | .238 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 8 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 7 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 13 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 11 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 18 | # 138 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 9 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 5 | # 331 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 213 | 113 |
| Runs | 39 | 9 |
| Hits | 65 | 21 |
| Singles | 33 | 12 |
| Doubles | 12 | 5 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 20 | 4 |
| RBI | 39 | 19 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 39 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 33 |
| Batting Average | .305 | .186 |
| On Base Pct | .419 | .219 |
| Slugging Pct | .643 | .336 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.062 | .555 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 325 | 162 |
| Runs | 58 | 19 |
| Hits | 98 | 39 |
| Singles | 54 | 25 |
| Doubles | 19 | 8 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 5 |
| RBI | 63 | 21 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 51 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 42 |
| Batting Average | .300 | .238 |
| On Base Pct | .412 | .288 |
| Slugging Pct | .581 | .391 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .992 | .679 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | |
| News | ||
| Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th | 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 | |
| Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, May 27th | Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | |
| Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-3 in Monday’s 9-0 win over the Rangers with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and two RBI.
Chris Schommer Tue, May 26th | 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 | |
| Yordan Alvarez (back) returns to the lineup for the Houston Astros against the Texas Rangers Monday. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th | 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 | |
| Yordan Alvarez is not in the Astros lineup on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | 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 | ||
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Nick Castellanos RF,DH - SD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #306 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ COL | Jimmy Herget (0-1) | #250 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #224 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs ATH | Luis Medina (1-1) | #244 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | @ WSH | Paxton Schultz | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ LAA | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ KC | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs DET | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs DET | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CLE | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TB | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TB | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TB | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ WSH | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ WSH | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TEX | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs BAL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs BAL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs BAL | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIA | @ ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIA | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIA | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ CWS | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAA | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAA | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs TOR | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SD | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ SF | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SEA | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SEA | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs LAA | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs LAA | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs ATH | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PIT | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ NYY | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ NYY | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYM | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYM | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYM | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs WSH | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ PHI | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TB | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs KC | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs KC | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATL | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SEA | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SEA | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
