Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	‐
VBR	# 148	# 1272

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	15	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.254	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	403	76

Runs	55	9

Hits	107	14

Singles	68	10

Doubles	23	2

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	65	4

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	31	6

Strikeouts	106	26

Batting Average	.266	.184

On Base Pct	.319	.244

Slugging Pct	.434	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	124	14

Runs	16	2

Hits	32	3

Singles	21	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	15	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	32	4

Batting Average	.254	.239

On Base Pct	.305	.294

Slugging Pct	.406	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.648

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Thomas Saggese went 1-for-2 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#44	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#316	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#316
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#205	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#291	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#229	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#420	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#304	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#421	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#405	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#230	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#144	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#224	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#314	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#191	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#314	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#145
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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