Who Should I Trade?

Santiago Espinal for Yoan Moncada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Yoan Moncada 3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1307	# 1270

Projections

Runs	0	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	0	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.234	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 326

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Yoan Moncada 3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	56	111

Runs	5	9

Hits	15	21

Singles	11	16

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	17

Strikeouts	8	45

Batting Average	.268	.189

On Base Pct	.276	.308

Slugging Pct	.375	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Yoan Moncada 3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	9

Runs	0	1

Hits	1	2

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	0	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	1	3

Batting Average	.234	.232

On Base Pct	.254	.305

Slugging Pct	.266	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.520	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI	Yoan Moncada 3B - LAA
News
	The Diamondbacks signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Angels third baseman Yoan Moncada (knee) is rehabbing his injury at home and has yet to begin baseball activities. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Santiago Espinal has been granted his release by the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Yoan Moncada is undergoing knee injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Yoan Moncada was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Monday as he continues to recover from a knee injury. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 8th
	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	Yoan Moncada has resumed light on-field activities and progressed to running and hitting off a tee from the left side as of Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th	Yoan Moncada continues to receive treatment and has yet to begin baseball activities. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - ARI			Yoan Moncada 3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Santiago Espinal for Yoan Moncada (2026)

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