Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Carson Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 383	# 1176

Projections

Runs	7	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	319	48

Runs	49	5

Hits	83	10

Singles	61	6

Doubles	13	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	49	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	37	1

Strikeouts	60	14

Batting Average	.260	.208

On Base Pct	.343	.225

Slugging Pct	.386	.458

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	54	38

Runs	7	4

Hits	13	8

Singles	9	6

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	12	12

Batting Average	.246	.210

On Base Pct	.331	.279

Slugging Pct	.398	.323

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.602

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Brian Serven C - ATH
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	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 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	The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Athletics optioned C Brian Serven to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
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			Brian Serven C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Carson Kelly (2026)

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