Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	‐
VBR	# 109	# 1339

Projections

Runs	23	2
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	24	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	367	8

Runs	48	3

Hits	92	3

Singles	55	2

Doubles	17	0

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	42	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	2

Strikeouts	111	4

Batting Average	.251	.375

On Base Pct	.308	.500

Slugging Pct	.455	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.763	1.125

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	168	13

Runs	23	2

Hits	42	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	24	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	1

Strikeouts	46	4

Batting Average	.251	.198

On Base Pct	.315	.273

Slugging Pct	.452	.290

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Justin Dean (2026)

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