Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Josue Briceno (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 1243	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.223	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	‐

Runs	49	‐

Hits	72	‐

Singles	37	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	17	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	39	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.353	‐

Slugging Pct	.498	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.223	‐

On Base Pct	.285	‐

Slugging Pct	.332	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.617	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
News
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Tigers catching/first base prospect Josue Briceno (wrist) played in his first rehab game with Single-A Lakeland on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Briceno (wrist) hit .266/.383/.500 with 20 home runs across 100 games between High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie last season. He sustained a wrist injury during Grapefruit League play over the weekend. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#267	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#198
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#278	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#213	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#291	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#291	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#166	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#164	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#265
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#284
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#427
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#165	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#140	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#183	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Curtis Mead for Josue Briceno (2026)

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