Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.214	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 220	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.148	‐

On Base Pct	.201	‐

Slugging Pct	.230	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.431	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.214	‐

On Base Pct	.290	‐

Slugging Pct	.357	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	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
	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 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
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

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Grae Kessinger for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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