Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - TB	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 378	‐
VBR	# 622	# 1307

Projections

Runs	6	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.213	.204

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 361	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 358	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - TB	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	144	76

Runs	34	9

Hits	34	14

Singles	22	10

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	14	4

Stolen Bases	12	1

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	10	6

Strikeouts	44	26

Batting Average	.236	.184

On Base Pct	.286	.244

Slugging Pct	.389	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - TB	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	8

Runs	6	1

Hits	10	2

Singles	6	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	0

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.213	.204

On Base Pct	.263	.241

Slugging Pct	.346	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	.609	.498

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - TB	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	Jorge Mateo went 0-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 21st	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Jorge Mateo signed an MLB contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 12th	Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	The Braves released INF/OF Jorge Mateo. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Thomas Saggese went 1-for-2 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	The Braves have designated infielder Jorge Mateo for assignment. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	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 Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
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 - TB			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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