Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Marcelo Mayer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Marcelo Mayer 2B,3B,SS - SF	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 274	‐
VBR	# 1087	# 1244

Projections

Runs	9	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.232	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 241	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 360	# 318

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Marcelo Mayer 2B,3B,SS - SF	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	205	68

Runs	19	6

Hits	45	15

Singles	32	11

Doubles	10	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	22	8

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	44	10

Batting Average	.220	.221

On Base Pct	.282	.254

Slugging Pct	.312	.309

On-base Plus Slugging	.594	.562

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Marcelo Mayer 2B,3B,SS - SF	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	76	30

Runs	9	3

Hits	18	7

Singles	12	5

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	19	7

Batting Average	.232	.221

On Base Pct	.291	.287

Slugging Pct	.360	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Marcelo Mayer 2B,3B,SS - SF	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC
News
	Marcelo Mayer is expected to join Triple-A Sacramento on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Josh Rojas went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th
	Marcelo Mayer will be re-evaluated by the Giants on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Giants are acquiring Marcelo Mayer from the Red Sox for Erik Miller. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Marcelo Mayer has progressed in his hitting program and has begun to hit off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Marcelo Mayer has been cleared to start a hitting program. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Josh Rojas has signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The contract includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Marcelo Mayer 2B,3B,SS - SF			Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#215	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 16th				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#343	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#75	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Marcelo Mayer (2026)

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