Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Cesar Salazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 541	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
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	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	18

Runs	45	0

Hits	81	1

Singles	61	1

Doubles	12	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	45	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	3

Strikeouts	58	3

Batting Average	.262	.056

On Base Pct	.343	.227

Slugging Pct	.379	.056

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.283

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.239	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.378	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Cesar Salazar C - HOU
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	The Astros sent Cesar Salazar outright to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	The Astros designated Cesar Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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	The Astros outrighted C César Salazar to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	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 Astros designated C César Salazar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Astros catcher Cesar Salazar has not made the club's Opening Day roster, according to manager Joe Espada. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC			Cesar Salazar C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Cesar Salazar (2026)

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