Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	‐
VBR	# 39	# 1278

Projections

Runs	23	2
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.256	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	425	76

Runs	60	9

Hits	91	14

Singles	48	10

Doubles	20	2

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	23	1

RBI	70	4

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	55	6

Strikeouts	109	26

Batting Average	.214	.184

On Base Pct	.300	.244

Slugging Pct	.424	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	15

Runs	23	2

Hits	42	3

Singles	26	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	37	4

Batting Average	.256	.227

On Base Pct	.328	.280

Slugging Pct	.458	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	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	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 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	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
	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	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
	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	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#232	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#336
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

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Manny Machado for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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