Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Isaac Paredes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 114	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.246	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 168	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 114	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	489	‐

Runs	58	‐

Hits	126	‐

Singles	82	‐

Doubles	25	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	18	‐

RBI	76	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	61	‐

Strikeouts	74	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.358	‐

Slugging Pct	.423	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.781	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	72	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	18	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.246	‐

On Base Pct	.346	‐

Slugging Pct	.424	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Isaac Paredes went 1-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Isaac Paredes went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Athletics with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Grae Kessinger is expected to be sidelined for at least 8-12 weeks after being diagnosed with a significant left hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with a double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th
	Isaac Paredes went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Rangers with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Isaac Paredes 1B,3B,DH - HOU			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#402	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#166
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#290
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#409	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#265	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#220
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Isaac Paredes (2026)

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