Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 225
VBR	# 1228	# 348

Projections

Runs	4	15
Home Runs	1	5
RBI	4	16
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.250	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	# 220

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 296

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 205	# 198

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 228	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	111

Runs	49	7

Hits	72	16

Singles	37	9

Doubles	17	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	2

RBI	48	5

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	8

Strikeouts	63	30

Batting Average	.253	.144

On Base Pct	.353	.202

Slugging Pct	.498	.243

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.445

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	27	115

Runs	4	15

Hits	7	27

Singles	4	17

Doubles	1	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	5

RBI	4	16

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	12

Strikeouts	6	27

Batting Average	.250	.237

On Base Pct	.323	.314

Slugging Pct	.421	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
News
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jorge Polanco has continued baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#346	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286
Sat, May 9th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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