Who Should I Trade?

Carter Jensen for Endy Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 296
VBR	# 261	# 792

Projections

Runs	12	6
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	12	5
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.230	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 155	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 169	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	429	135

Runs	58	20

Hits	94	36

Singles	51	23

Doubles	25	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	7

RBI	58	20

Stolen Bases	1	6

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	51	23

Strikeouts	141	41

Batting Average	.219	.267

On Base Pct	.301	.373

Slugging Pct	.401	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.840

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	46

Runs	12	6

Hits	20	11

Singles	12	7

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	12	5

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	5

Strikeouts	26	12

Batting Average	.230	.235

On Base Pct	.311	.308

Slugging Pct	.396	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
News
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 22nd	Endy Rodriguez is getting second opinions for his left hip. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-3 in loss to the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	The Pirates placed C Endy Rodríguez on the 10-day injured list with left hip inflammation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Endy Rodriguez remains out of the Pirates lineup on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Carter Jensen went 3-for-5 in the win over the Padres with two doubles, two RBI, one walk and no strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carter Jensen C,DH - KC			Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Jensen for Endy Rodriguez (2026)

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