Who Should I Trade?

Paul DeJong for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1307	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.204	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 385	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	76	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.184	‐

On Base Pct	.244	‐

Slugging Pct	.276	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.520	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Batting Average	.204	‐

On Base Pct	.241	‐

Slugging Pct	.257	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.498	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL	Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
News
	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Tigers released SS Paul DeJong. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Paul DeJong (hamstring) suffered a hamstring injury and will undergo season-ending surgery. David Leisering Fri, May 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	The Tigers signed INF Paul DeJong to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th	Anthony Volpe (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the injured list this week, leaving the Yankees with little room to promote DeJong without a corresponding roster move. DeJong has posted a .900 OPS with six home runs across 22 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	The Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Yankees reassigned SS Paul DeJong to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL			Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Paul DeJong for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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