Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 168
VBR	# 146	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.254	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 96

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	# 87

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	301	387

Runs	34	47

Hits	71	105

Singles	50	66

Doubles	13	17

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	6	21

RBI	35	55

Stolen Bases	4	9

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	37	11

Strikeouts	60	81

Batting Average	.236	.271

On Base Pct	.320	.301

Slugging Pct	.352	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.784

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	118	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	30	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.254	‐

On Base Pct	.331	‐

Slugging Pct	.434	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
News
	The Royals activated 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Casey Schmitt underwent successful surgery on his torn meniscus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Royals could activate Vinnie Pasquantino from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Casey Schmitt will require surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Casey Schmitt has been diagnosed with a torn left meniscus. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 28th
	Vinnie Pasquantino will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Casey Schmitt is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Tuesday on his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Casey Schmitt left Monday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#224	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#411	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#394
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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