Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 148	# 278
VBR	# 239	# 826

Projections

Runs	19	13
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	19	13
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.250	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 133	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	284	246

Runs	49	23

Hits	72	58

Singles	37	42

Doubles	17	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	7

RBI	48	36

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	26

Strikeouts	62	56

Batting Average	.254	.236

On Base Pct	.352	.322

Slugging Pct	.500	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.852	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	106

Runs	19	13

Hits	35	26

Singles	22	19

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	19	13

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	10

Strikeouts	32	23

Batting Average	.250	.247

On Base Pct	.323	.323

Slugging Pct	.418	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	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	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Red Sox added Curtis Mead to their active roster. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Curtis Mead is expected to be active for the Red Sox on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
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			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Victor Caratini (2026)

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