Who Should I Trade?

Blake Sabol for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 504	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
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	Blake Sabol C - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	‐

Runs	45	‐

Hits	81	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.340	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Blake Sabol C - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	59	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.239	‐

On Base Pct	.321	‐

Slugging Pct	.381	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Blake Sabol C - TB
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	Blake Sabol has signed a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. The contract includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 7th
	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
	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			Blake Sabol C - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#278
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#173
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
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
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Sabol for Carson Kelly (2026)

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