Who Should I Trade?

Thomas Saggese for Willi Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 143	# 1276

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.255	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 210	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	357	76

Runs	53	9

Hits	94	14

Singles	63	10

Doubles	17	2

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	48	4

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	32	6

Strikeouts	108	26

Batting Average	.263	.184

On Base Pct	.332	.244

Slugging Pct	.426	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	142	15

Runs	20	2

Hits	36	3

Singles	24	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	38	4

Batting Average	.255	.227

On Base Pct	.329	.280

Slugging Pct	.408	.334

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	Willi Castro went 1-for-5 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Willi Castro went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a 5-2 win over the Brewers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#316
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#307	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#172	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#326	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#294
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#191	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#337
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#351	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#223	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#170	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#151	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#222
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Thomas Saggese for Willi Castro (2026)

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