Who Should I Trade?

Grant McCray for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 278	‐
VBR	# 1031	# 1083

Projections

Runs	11	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	9
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.231	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 266	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	232	25

Runs	33	6

Hits	53	3

Singles	38	2

Doubles	8	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	32	2

Stolen Bases	9	4

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	31	6

Strikeouts	50	8

Batting Average	.228	.120

On Base Pct	.326	.290

Slugging Pct	.345	.240

On-base Plus Slugging	.671	.530

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	84

Runs	11	11

Hits	19	18

Singles	14	12

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	9

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	8

Strikeouts	19	28

Batting Average	.231	.218

On Base Pct	.317	.286

Slugging Pct	.346	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.631

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	The Giants recalled OF Grant McCray from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	Grant McCray is scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday on his fractured hamate bone. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Outfielder Grant McCray has been optioned to Triple-A Sacramento by the San Francisco Giants. David Leisering Thu, Mar 19th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB			Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Grant McCray for Richie Palacios (2026)

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