Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Ethan Salas C - SD
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	Ethan Salas C - SD
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	Ethan Salas C - SD
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	Ethan Salas C - SD
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 San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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			Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Ethan Salas (2026)

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