Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1185	# 1276

Projections

Runs	4	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.235	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 318	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	68	76

Runs	6	9

Hits	15	14

Singles	11	10

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	3	6

Strikeouts	10	26

Batting Average	.221	.184

On Base Pct	.254	.244

Slugging Pct	.309	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.562	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	15

Runs	4	2

Hits	9	3

Singles	6	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	9	4

Batting Average	.235	.227

On Base Pct	.300	.280

Slugging Pct	.363	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	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	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Royals recalled Josh Rojas from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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 Royals optioned Josh Rojas to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	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 Royals selected the contract of Josh Rojas. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	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	The Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Rojas 2B,3B - KC			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#316
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#45	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#337
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#406	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Rojas for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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