Who Should I Trade?

TJ Friedl for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 501	# 709

Projections

Runs	16	12
Home Runs	3	4
RBI	13	13
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.235	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 249	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	199	110

Runs	19	17

Hits	34	25

Singles	24	15

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	8

RBI	11	17

Stolen Bases	5	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	20	15

Strikeouts	54	31

Batting Average	.171	.227

On Base Pct	.259	.318

Slugging Pct	.256	.464

On-base Plus Slugging	.515	.781

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	95

Runs	16	12

Hits	28	23

Singles	20	14

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	13	13

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	8

Strikeouts	26	23

Batting Average	.235	.240

On Base Pct	.325	.301

Slugging Pct	.367	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

TJ Friedl for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation