Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 301	# 202

Projections

Runs	8	12
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	7	10
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.265	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	IL7	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 257	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 270	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	50

Runs	12	6

Hits	38	17

Singles	27	14

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	23	13

Batting Average	.277	.340

On Base Pct	.371	.382

Slugging Pct	.409	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	91

Runs	8	12

Hits	16	23

Singles	12	16

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	10	22

Batting Average	.265	.252

On Base Pct	.345	.315

Slugging Pct	.391	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	The Mariners placed 3B Brendan Donovan on the seven-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd
	Brendan Donovan was scratched Saturday after he was hit in the head by a baseball in the batting cage prior to the game. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Brendan Donovan was a late scratch from the Mariners lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	Brendan Donovan went 2-for-3 with two walks in the Mariners 7-5 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the Mariners 10-5 win over the Astros on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Twins infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper was placed on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Tuesday with a left glute injury. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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