Who Should I Trade?

Seby Zavala for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 541	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.239	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Seby Zavala C - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	‐

Runs	45	‐

Hits	81	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.379	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Seby Zavala C - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.239	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.378	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Seby Zavala C - DET
News
	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	The Tigers signed C Seby Zavala to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	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	The Dodgers reassigned C Seby Zavala to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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
	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
	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
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC			Seby Zavala C - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Seby Zavala for Carson Kelly (2026)

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