Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 124	# 218
VBR	# 193	# 541

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	15	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.246	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	# 182

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 263

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 206	# 276

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 149

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	309

Runs	46	45

Hits	104	81

Singles	67	61

Doubles	19	12

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	8

RBI	58	45

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	35

Strikeouts	99	58

Batting Average	.222	.262

On Base Pct	.267	.343

Slugging Pct	.376	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	61

Runs	11	8

Hits	25	15

Singles	15	10

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	15	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	7

Strikeouts	22	14

Batting Average	.246	.239

On Base Pct	.298	.320

Slugging Pct	.430	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
News
	Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 in an 11-7 win over the Tigers with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Salvador Perez (2026)

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