Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 144
VBR	# 39	# 239

Projections

Runs	30	19
Home Runs	10	5
RBI	32	19
Stolen Bases	4	3
Batting Average	.260	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	# 133

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 156

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 168

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 100

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	284

Runs	54	49

Hits	99	72

Singles	55	37

Doubles	23	17

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	21	17

RBI	74	48

Stolen Bases	11	6

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	46	39

Strikeouts	95	62

Batting Average	.251	.254

On Base Pct	.327	.352

Slugging Pct	.468	.500

On-base Plus Slugging	.796	.852

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	205	141

Runs	30	19

Hits	53	35

Singles	32	22

Doubles	11	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	32	19

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	21	13

Strikeouts	47	32

Batting Average	.260	.250

On Base Pct	.333	.323

Slugging Pct	.463	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.796	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Red Sox added Curtis Mead to their active roster. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Curtis Mead is expected to be active for the Red Sox on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 with two home runs and a walk as part of an 11-5 rout of the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Sal Stewart (2026)

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