Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Josue Briceno (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 462	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

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	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	315	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	81	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	36	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.339	‐

Slugging Pct	.371	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	13	‐

Singles	9	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.326	‐

Slugging Pct	.391	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
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	Tigers catching/first base prospect Josue Briceno (wrist) played in his first rehab game with Single-A Lakeland on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Briceno (wrist) hit .266/.383/.500 with 20 home runs across 100 games between High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie last season. He sustained a wrist injury during Grapefruit League play over the weekend. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC			Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Josue Briceno (2026)

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