Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Josh Naylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	# 148
VBR	# 63	# 239

Projections

Runs	26	19
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	28	19
Stolen Bases	7	3
Batting Average	.264	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 133

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	# 156

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	# 175

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 100

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	284

Runs	40	49

Hits	100	72

Singles	79	37

Doubles	13	17

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	17

RBI	37	48

Stolen Bases	21	6

Caught Stealing	5	2

Walks	33	39

Strikeouts	52	62

Batting Average	.258	.254

On Base Pct	.322	.352

Slugging Pct	.354	.500

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	.852

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	141

Runs	26	19

Hits	52	35

Singles	35	22

Doubles	10	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	28	19

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	18	13

Strikeouts	31	32

Batting Average	.264	.250

On Base Pct	.334	.323

Slugging Pct	.425	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	Josh Naylor is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Red Sox added Curtis Mead to their active roster. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the team is hopeful Josh Naylor will be back in the lineup on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Curtis Mead is expected to be active for the Red Sox on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Josh Naylor is not in the Mariners lineup on Wednesday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Josh Naylor is considered day-to-day. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Curtis Mead went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a double, a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st
	Josh Naylor had X-rays return negative on his shin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Curtis Mead went 1-for-3 in win over the Athletics with two walks, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Naylor 1B,DH - SEA			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Josh Naylor (2026)

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