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 - BOS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 159	# 167
VBR	# 1172	# 1265

Projections

Runs	4	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.262	.269

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 85	# 225

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 100

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 168	# 165

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 - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	359	285

Runs	54	49

Hits	97	72

Singles	65	37

Doubles	15	17

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	17	17

RBI	69	48

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	31	39

Strikeouts	86	63

Batting Average	.270	.253

On Base Pct	.334	.353

Slugging Pct	.454	.498

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.851

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


At Bats	30	12

Runs	4	1

Hits	8	3

Singles	5	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	7	3

Batting Average	.262	.269

On Base Pct	.330	.334

Slugging Pct	.421	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.736

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	Ryan O'Hearn is transitioning down to Florida to begin some light baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ryan O'Hearn has been placed on the 10-day injured list and is expected to miss 6-to-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Ryan O'Hearn suffered an injury in the ninth inning of Friday's game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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 was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

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 - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#251
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#263
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#216
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#143
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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