Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 1026	# 1181

Projections

Runs	11	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	7
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.239	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 265	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 267

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	156

Runs	30	24

Hits	51	40

Singles	37	18

Doubles	8	12

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	4	9

RBI	30	24

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	29	7

Strikeouts	47	38

Batting Average	.230	.256

On Base Pct	.326	.291

Slugging Pct	.338	.519

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.810

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	53

Runs	11	7

Hits	21	12

Singles	14	7

Doubles	4	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	7

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	20	12

Batting Average	.239	.232

On Base Pct	.323	.283

Slugging Pct	.362	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.700

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
News
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th
	Richie Palacios went 0-for-3 with one walk and one stolen base in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 18th	Randal Grichuk provided a quick jolt, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB			Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Richie Palacios (2026)

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