Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Manny Machado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	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	# 50	‐
VBR	# 50	‐

Projections

Runs	13	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.253	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	504	‐

Runs	69	‐

Hits	112	‐

Singles	67	‐

Doubles	21	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	24	‐

RBI	74	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	65	‐

Strikeouts	125	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.309	‐

Slugging Pct	.407	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	92	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Batting Average	.253	‐

On Base Pct	.328	‐

Slugging Pct	.435	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Manny Machado went 4-for-5 in the Padres 5-0 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#151	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#378
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Manny Machado (2026)

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