Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Austin Barnes C - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 472	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.244	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 182	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 263	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	‐

Runs	50	‐

Hits	86	‐

Singles	63	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	52	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	38	‐

Strikeouts	60	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.393	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.327	‐

Slugging Pct	.397	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Carson Kelly went 3-for-5 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 17-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Carson Kelly went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, three runs scored and four RBI in Saturday's 17-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 30th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Carson Kelly went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 7-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 25th
	Carson Kelly went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC			Austin Barnes C - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Carson Kelly (2026)

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