Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1267	# 1320

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	1	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.234	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	76	31

Runs	9	1

Hits	14	1

Singles	10	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	26	4

Batting Average	.184	.032

On Base Pct	.244	.032

Slugging Pct	.276	.032

On-base Plus Slugging	.520	.065

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	13	7

Runs	2	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	4	1

Batting Average	.234	.181

On Base Pct	.286	.202

Slugging Pct	.325	.221

On-base Plus Slugging	.611	.423

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
News
	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Cardinals optioned INF César Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th	The Cardinals recalled INF César Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Thomas Saggese went 1-for-2 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th	The Cardinals optioned Cesar Prieto to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th	The Cardinals recalled Cesar Prieto from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL			Cesar Prieto 2B,3B,SS - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Cesar Prieto for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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