Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Tim Elko (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	‐
VBR	# 998	# 1331

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.249	.177

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
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	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	57	6

Runs	8	1

Hits	14	1

Singles	9	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	0

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.249	.177

On Base Pct	.324	.196

Slugging Pct	.425	.233

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	.429

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
News
	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	White Sox first baseman Tim Elko is beginning a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Winston-Salem on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, May 9th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 6th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Tim Elko (2026)

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