Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	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	# 35	‐
VBR	# 42	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.256	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	530	‐

Runs	95	‐

Hits	132	‐

Singles	71	‐

Doubles	30	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	30	‐

RBI	79	‐

Stolen Bases	16	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	87	‐

Strikeouts	113	‐

Batting Average	.249	‐

On Base Pct	.359	‐

Slugging Pct	.479	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	64	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.256	‐

On Base Pct	.354	‐

Slugging Pct	.464	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-5 in a win over the Twins with one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Sep 7th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 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
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Fri, Sep 4th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's win over the Rangers with two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 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
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#177	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#192	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#274
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#221
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#170	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#234
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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