Who Should I Trade?

Carson Williams for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carson Williams SS - TB	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 369	‐
VBR	# 1219	# 202

Projections

Runs	2	12
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	2	10
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.234	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 469	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Williams SS - TB	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	50

Runs	7	6

Hits	4	17

Singles	2	14

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	6	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	13	13

Batting Average	.108	.340

On Base Pct	.154	.382

Slugging Pct	.216	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.370	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Williams SS - TB	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	91

Runs	2	12

Hits	3	23

Singles	2	16

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	2	10

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	7

Strikeouts	5	22

Batting Average	.234	.252

On Base Pct	.290	.315

Slugging Pct	.450	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Williams SS - TB	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Carson Williams was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Rays recalled INF Carson Williams from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Carson Williams was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	The Rays recalled INF Carson Williams from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Rays optioned SS Carson Williams to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 6th	Twins infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper was placed on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Tuesday with a left glute injury. Brenton Kemp 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
	Carson Williams SS - TB			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Williams for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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