Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Nick Madrigal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 311	‐

Projections

Runs	14	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	15	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.243	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 220	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	# 215

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	118	44

Runs	7	7

Hits	16	12

Singles	9	11

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	5	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	8	7

Strikeouts	32	3

Batting Average	.136	.273

On Base Pct	.191	.385

Slugging Pct	.229	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.419	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	26	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.434	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
News
	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	The Rays signed Nick Madrigal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Nick Madrigal has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Angels designated INF Nick Madrigal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 in a win over the Rays with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Jorge Polanco has continued baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Nick Madrigal went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles on Friday during the Angels' 8-5 loss to the Rays. David Leisering Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM			Nick Madrigal 2B,3B - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#237	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs DET	Ty Madden	#269
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#407
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#259	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#198
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Polanco for Nick Madrigal (2026)

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