Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Willie MacIver (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Willie MacIver C - SEA
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	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.114

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	Willie MacIver C - SEA
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	Willie MacIver C - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	1

Runs	8	0

Hits	15	0

Singles	10	0

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	14	0

Batting Average	.239	.114

On Base Pct	.320	.161

Slugging Pct	.378	.188

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.349

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Kelly C,DH - CHC	Willie MacIver C - SEA
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 Mariners claimed C Willie MacIver off waivers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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 Blue Jays acquired Willie MacIver from the Rangers and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	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 Rangers designated C Willie MacIver for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 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	The Rangers have reassigned catcher Willie MacIver to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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			Willie MacIver C - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Kelly for Willie MacIver (2026)

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