Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Royce Lewis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	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	# 132	‐
VBR	# 179	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.240	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 149	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	371	‐

Runs	45	‐

Hits	87	‐

Singles	53	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	13	‐

RBI	46	‐

Stolen Bases	14	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	102	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.301	‐

Slugging Pct	.399	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	19	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.240	‐

On Base Pct	.304	‐

Slugging Pct	.417	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-4 loss to the White Sox with a stolen base and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Athletics with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	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
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 6-4 win over Atlanta on Wednesday with one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers on Saturday with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 9th
	Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Royce Lewis 1B,2B,3B - MIN			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

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Grae Kessinger for Royce Lewis (2026)

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