Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 3	# 1167

Projections

Runs	29	6
Home Runs	12	2
RBI	31	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.304	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 267

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	406	158

Runs	77	24

Hits	134	41

Singles	75	19

Doubles	24	12

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	35	9

RBI	84	24

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	79	7

Strikeouts	84	39

Batting Average	.330	.260

On Base Pct	.443	.293

Slugging Pct	.648	.519

On-base Plus Slugging	1.091	.812

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	156	47

Runs	29	6

Hits	47	11

Singles	27	7

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	2

RBI	31	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	3

Strikeouts	31	11

Batting Average	.304	.238

On Base Pct	.423	.285

Slugging Pct	.589	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	1.011	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 4-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with three doubles, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Rangers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI while drawing two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Randal Grichuk for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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