Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 283	‐
VBR	# 972	# 1214

Projections

Runs	6	4
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	6	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 221	# 258

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	290	177

Runs	27	20

Hits	64	46

Singles	48	34

Doubles	9	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	39	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	33	18

Strikeouts	68	35

Batting Average	.221	.260

On Base Pct	.314	.328

Slugging Pct	.324	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	53	35

Runs	6	4

Hits	13	7

Singles	9	5

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	6	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	11	9

Batting Average	.239	.212

On Base Pct	.317	.276

Slugging Pct	.358	.328

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.604

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Austin Hedges C - CLE
News
	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th
	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th
	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN			Austin Hedges C - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Victor Caratini (2026)

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