Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Manny Machado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 236
VBR	# 37	‐

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	15	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.259	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	# 211

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	# 220

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	499	135

Runs	68	7

Hits	108	20

Singles	64	13

Doubles	20	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	24	2

RBI	74	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	65	9

Strikeouts	125	36

Batting Average	.216	.148

On Base Pct	.304	.201

Slugging Pct	.401	.230

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.431

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	13

Runs	14	2

Hits	25	3

Singles	16	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	2

Strikeouts	22	3

Batting Average	.259	.240

On Base Pct	.332	.321

Slugging Pct	.456	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#178
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Manny Machado (2026)

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