Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 541	# 1085

Projections

Runs	8	6
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 182	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 263	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 276	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	209

Runs	45	25

Hits	81	48

Singles	61	31

Doubles	12	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	8

RBI	45	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	23

Strikeouts	58	63

Batting Average	.262	.230

On Base Pct	.343	.308

Slugging Pct	.379	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	51

Runs	8	6

Hits	15	10

Singles	10	7

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	14	15

Batting Average	.239	.207

On Base Pct	.320	.278

Slugging Pct	.378	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
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	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a home run in a 13-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela stole his first base of the season in a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 23rd
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			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Carson Kelly (2026)

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