Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Matt Thaiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
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	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	309	‐

Runs	45	‐

Hits	81	‐

Singles	61	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	45	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	35	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.262	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.379	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Matt Thaiss 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	Matt Thaiss 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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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 Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	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			Matt Thaiss 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 Matt Thaiss (2026)

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