Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Jorge Mateo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 377
VBR	# 163	# 1187

Projections

Runs	21	6
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	17	5
Stolen Bases	7	3
Batting Average	.272	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 358

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	315	129

Runs	45	28

Hits	94	31

Singles	56	21

Doubles	21	6

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	58	11

Stolen Bases	17	9

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	18	8

Strikeouts	62	41

Batting Average	.298	.240

On Base Pct	.341	.285

Slugging Pct	.505	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.846	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	43

Runs	21	6

Hits	40	10

Singles	28	6

Doubles	7	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	17	5

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	10	3

Strikeouts	29	13

Batting Average	.272	.223

On Base Pct	.326	.270

Slugging Pct	.410	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-2 with a walk, a steal, and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 31st
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a single, two RBI, two runs scored, and a steal in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Jorge Mateo went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI, one run, and one steal in Sunday's 11-6 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Jorge Mateo (2026)

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