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. 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	# 854	‐

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.234	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 255	‐

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


At Bats	128	22

Runs	17	4

Hits	26	4

Singles	16	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	35	8

Batting Average	.203	.182

On Base Pct	.285	.280

Slugging Pct	.406	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.644

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


At Bats	85	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	20	4

Singles	13	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	21	5

Batting Average	.234	.219

On Base Pct	.295	.286

Slugging Pct	.387	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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