Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	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	# 129	# 221
VBR	# 470	# 383

Projections

Runs	6	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	6	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.263	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 263

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 276

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 149

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	# 182

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	319

Runs	23	49

Hits	43	83

Singles	32	61

Doubles	5	13

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	9

RBI	23	49

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	37

Strikeouts	34	60

Batting Average	.249	.260

On Base Pct	.338	.343

Slugging Pct	.382	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	54

Runs	6	7

Hits	10	13

Singles	6	9

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	6	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	6

Strikeouts	9	12

Batting Average	.263	.246

On Base Pct	.363	.331

Slugging Pct	.457	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.820	.729

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
News
	Will Smith went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Carson Kelly went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, three runs scored and four RBI in Saturday's 17-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 30th
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	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
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Will Smith (2026)

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