Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 150	# 1290

Projections

Runs	26	3
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	30	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.245	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	209	35

Runs	26	7

Hits	45	6

Singles	25	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	36	0

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	72	14

Batting Average	.215	.171

On Base Pct	.289	.171

Slugging Pct	.445	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.371

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	25

Runs	26	3

Hits	45	5

Singles	26	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	30	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	52	7

Batting Average	.245	.214

On Base Pct	.309	.270

Slugging Pct	.462	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-5 with a home run in a 10-4 win over the Twins on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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