Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Tyler Callihan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 246	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	95	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	20	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.211	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.390	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.673	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT	Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
News
	The Pirates optioned OF Tyler Callihan to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Mets have reassigned infielder Grae Kessinger to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th	The Mets signed Grae Kessinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT			Grae Kessinger 2B,3B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#390	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#390
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#179	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-2)	#139	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-2)	#139
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Grae Kessinger for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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