Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Curtis Mead (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 1265	# 1320

Projections

Runs	1	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.269	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	31

Runs	49	1

Hits	72	1

Singles	37	1

Doubles	17	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	0

RBI	48	0

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	0

Strikeouts	63	4

Batting Average	.253	.032

On Base Pct	.353	.032

Slugging Pct	.498	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	7

Runs	1	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	1	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	3	1

Batting Average	.269	.181

On Base Pct	.334	.202

Slugging Pct	.402	.221

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.423

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#240
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#250	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#262	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#215	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Curtis Mead (2026)

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