Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 312	‐
VBR	# 437	# 752

Projections

Runs	11	11
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	8	11
Stolen Bases	8	2
Batting Average	.241	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	# 255

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	120

Runs	29	17

Hits	30	26

Singles	15	16

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	8

RBI	10	17

Stolen Bases	25	4

Caught Stealing	3	3

Walks	15	15

Strikeouts	43	34

Batting Average	.254	.217

On Base Pct	.364	.302

Slugging Pct	.475	.433

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	88

Runs	11	11

Hits	17	21

Singles	11	13

Doubles	3	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	8	11

Stolen Bases	8	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	20	22

Batting Average	.241	.236

On Base Pct	.319	.299

Slugging Pct	.388	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Esteury Ruiz went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 7-2 loss against the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Esteury Ruiz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Esteury Ruiz drew three walks and logged a stolen base in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Esteury Ruiz recorded two walks and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esteury Ruiz LF,CF,RF - MIA			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Esteury Ruiz for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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