Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - WSH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	# 144
VBR	# 137	# 223

Projections

Runs	26	21
Home Runs	7	6
RBI	27	21
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.265	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 74	# 135

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	# 156

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	# 168

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 100

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	279

Runs	51	48

Hits	90	72

Singles	61	37

Doubles	13	17

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	16	17

RBI	64	48

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	28	35

Strikeouts	84	62

Batting Average	.274	.258

On Base Pct	.338	.349

Slugging Pct	.460	.509

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.858

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	189	154

Runs	26	21

Hits	50	39

Singles	34	24

Doubles	9	8

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	27	21

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	14

Strikeouts	43	35

Batting Average	.265	.252

On Base Pct	.338	.324

Slugging Pct	.427	.422

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - WSH
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Curtis Mead went 4-for-6 in a win over the Athletics with three doubles, four runs scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	Curtis Mead went 1-for-2 against the Yankees with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-4 with a solo home run on Tuesday during the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Tue, Jun 9th	Curtis Mead went 2-for-3 in loss to the Yankees with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a walk. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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