Who Should I Trade?

Richie Palacios for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 280	# 309
VBR	# 1031	# 778

Projections

Runs	11	13
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	9	11
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.231	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 217

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	# 394

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	232	178

Runs	33	25

Hits	53	41

Singles	38	25

Doubles	8	8

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	5	5

RBI	32	25

Stolen Bases	9	4

Caught Stealing	5	3

Walks	31	13

Strikeouts	50	38

Batting Average	.228	.230

On Base Pct	.326	.287

Slugging Pct	.345	.393

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	101

Runs	11	13

Hits	19	22

Singles	14	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	9	11

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	10

Strikeouts	19	32

Batting Average	.231	.219

On Base Pct	.317	.295

Slugging Pct	.346	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Ryan Kreidler went 0-for-3 in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Royals with a walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 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			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Richie Palacios for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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