Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 376	‐
VBR	# 1127	‐

Projections

Runs	9	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	3
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.231	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 358	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	127	56

Runs	28	5

Hits	31	15

Singles	21	11

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	41	8

Batting Average	.244	.268

On Base Pct	.289	.276

Slugging Pct	.386	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	27

Runs	9	3

Hits	15	7

Singles	10	5

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	3

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	20	5

Batting Average	.231	.241

On Base Pct	.280	.293

Slugging Pct	.383	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
News
	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	The Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	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	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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