Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 148	‐
VBR	# 259	# 1160

Projections

Runs	18	7
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	17	7
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.253	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	14

Runs	49	0

Hits	72	4

Singles	37	3

Doubles	17	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	0

RBI	48	1

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	1

Strikeouts	63	2

Batting Average	.253	.286

On Base Pct	.353	.333

Slugging Pct	.498	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.851	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	55

Runs	18	7

Hits	33	14

Singles	21	9

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	17	7

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	4

Strikeouts	30	15

Batting Average	.253	.257

On Base Pct	.327	.308

Slugging Pct	.420	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Curtis Mead left his Red Sox debut against the Athletics on Monday after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Red Sox added Curtis Mead to their active roster. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Curtis Mead is expected to be active for the Red Sox on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles placed 1B Ryan Mountcastle on the 60-day injured list with a left foot fracture. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Orioles infielder Ryan Mount Castle has been diagnosed with a broken fourth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to manager Craig Albernaz. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 12th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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