Who Should I Trade?

Cole Young for Grae Kessinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Young 2B - SEA	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 181	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 209	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Young 2B - SEA	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	533	‐

Runs	69	‐

Hits	130	‐

Singles	92	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	60	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	38	‐

Strikeouts	101	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.383	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Young 2B - SEA	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	50	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.325	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Young 2B - SEA	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Cole Young went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in the Mariners 10-5 win over the Astros on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Cole Young is in the Mariners lineup on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Grae Kessinger is expected to be sidelined for at least 8-12 weeks after being diagnosed with a significant left hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Cole Young is not in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Cole Young was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees after experiencing dizziness. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Cole Young went 4-for-5 in the Mariners 7-6 win over the Twins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Young 2B - SEA			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#364	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#173	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#211	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#180
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Young for Grae Kessinger (2026)

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