Carson Kelly or Salvador Perez

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Carson Kelly or Salvador Perez Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	349	220

Runs	31	35

Hits	73	60

Singles	48	44

Doubles	14	10

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	6

RBI	37	32

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	13	28

Strikeouts	76	42

Batting Average	.209	.273

On Base Pct	.249	.363

Slugging Pct	.344	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.593	.763

Carson Kelly or Salvador Perez Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	528	320

Runs	58	39

Hits	132	76

Singles	80	51

Doubles	25	12

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	26	12

RBI	85	42

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	30	34

Strikeouts	118	72

Batting Average	.251	.237

On Base Pct	.290	.310

Slugging Pct	.451	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.701

Carson Kelly or Salvador Perez Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
News
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	Carson Kelly went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and one RBI in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Salvador Perez (elbow) will return to the Royals starting lineup Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Carson Kelly went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 9-7 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Carson Kelly went 2-for-4 with a grand slam home run to help the Cubs to a 16-2 blowout victory over the Blue Jays on Friday. David Leisering Fri, Jun 19th
	Salvador Perez is dealing with a sore left elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Carson Kelly went 3-for-5 with four runs batted in, lifting the Cubs to a 10-4 win over the crosstown-rival White Sox on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in win over the Cardinals with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 19th	Carson Kelly went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored to help the Cubs to an 8-7 win over the Phillies, in 10 innings, on Thursday. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
Notes
	Sal Perez remained remarkably durable in 2025 with 155 games played, but the underlying production continued to slide as his batting average fell to .236 and his OBP dipped below .290. While the raw power is still intact, 30 homers and 100 RBI, the overall offensive efficiency has flattened to league-average levels, limiting his advantage over younger catching options. His aggressive approach and declining contact quality leave little margin for error, especially as age-related regression becomes harder to ignore. Perez is still a volume-driven fantasy catcher with counting-stat value, but he now profiles best as a mid-tier option rather than a clear positional edge. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Carson Kelly or Salvador Perez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#228
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#318	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#70
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU