Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Mesa Jr. LF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 273	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.185	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Mesa Jr. LF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	22

Runs	34	4

Hits	55	4

Singles	33	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	23	2

Strikeouts	51	8

Batting Average	.243	.182

On Base Pct	.315	.280

Slugging Pct	.478	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Mesa Jr. LF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	10	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.185	‐

On Base Pct	.263	‐

Slugging Pct	.260	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.523	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Mesa Jr. LF,RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Sep 21st	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Sep 12th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1for-1 with a solo home run in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Sep 10th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	The Rays activated OF Victor Mesa Jr. from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Victor Mesa Jr. is expected to be activated when the rosters expand. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Mesa Jr. LF,RF - TB			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#258	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#245	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#147
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#173
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#231	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#166	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#266	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#86	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#233	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#223
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#268	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#267
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#101
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#200	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#165	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#91	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#178
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#268
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#86	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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