Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1152	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.247	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 215	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.364	‐

Slugging Pct	.277	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	4	‐

Singles	3	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.247	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.337	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Nick Madrigal was called up ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Sep 8th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#368	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#259
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#224	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#233	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#180
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#325
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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