Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Isaac Paredes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	# 165
VBR	# 129	# 1210

Projections

Runs	21	4
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	22	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	# 225

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 159	# 160

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 205

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	# 100

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	407	285

Runs	45	49

Hits	103	72

Singles	67	37

Doubles	20	17

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	17

RBI	60	48

Stolen Bases	0	6

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	45	39

Strikeouts	69	63

Batting Average	.253	.253

On Base Pct	.348	.353

Slugging Pct	.418	.498

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.851

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	25

Runs	21	4

Hits	37	7

Singles	23	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	22	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	3

Strikeouts	29	6

Batting Average	.247	.257

On Base Pct	.347	.333

Slugging Pct	.428	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.762

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the White Sox with three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 5-2 win over the Marlins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#352
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Isaac Paredes (2026)

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