Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Paul DeJong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 195	‐
VBR	# 1280	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.201	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 225	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 232	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
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	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.201	‐

On Base Pct	.253	‐

Slugging Pct	.315	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.568	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
News
	Curtis Mead played catch before Monday’s game. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	The Tigers released SS Paul DeJong. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Curtis Mead played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Paul DeJong (hamstring) suffered a hamstring injury and will undergo season-ending surgery. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Tigers signed INF Paul DeJong to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Anthony Volpe (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the injured list this week, leaving the Yankees with little room to promote DeJong without a corresponding roster move. DeJong has posted a .900 OPS with six home runs across 22 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees reassigned SS Paul DeJong to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#388
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#275
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#418
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#392
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Paul DeJong (2026)

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