Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 265	# 221
VBR	# 371	# 504

Projections

Runs	9	7
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	10	8
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.213	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 244	# 182

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 432	# 149

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 249	# 263

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	# 276

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


At Bats	269	312

Runs	26	45

Hits	49	81

Singles	34	61

Doubles	7	12

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	8

RBI	19	45

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	34	35

Strikeouts	81	59

Batting Average	.182	.260

On Base Pct	.280	.340

Slugging Pct	.297	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.578	.715

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


At Bats	73	59

Runs	9	7

Hits	16	14

Singles	9	10

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	10	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	21	13

Batting Average	.213	.239

On Base Pct	.294	.321

Slugging Pct	.380	.381

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
News
	Austin Wells went 1-for-2 in Saturday's 5-4 win over Atlanta with a double, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Austin Wells went 2-for-4 in Monday’s 13-7 loss to the Cardinals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Austin Wells went 1-for-2 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Wells C - NYY			Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Carson Kelly (2026)

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