Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	# 163
VBR	# 55	# 509

Projections

Runs	10	5
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	7	6
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.292	.242

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	# 197

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	# 125

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	# 172

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	# 133

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 230

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 249

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	483	231

Runs	53	27

Hits	150	48

Singles	130	28

Doubles	14	5

Triples	6	2

Home Runs	0	13

RBI	32	36

Stolen Bases	38	0

Caught Stealing	14	0

Walks	24	18

Strikeouts	42	75

Batting Average	.311	.208

On Base Pct	.339	.276

Slugging Pct	.364	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	38

Runs	10	5

Hits	23	9

Singles	19	6

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	7	6

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	9	11

Batting Average	.292	.242

On Base Pct	.324	.310

Slugging Pct	.355	.439

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.749

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
News
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 3-2 loss to the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st	Kerry Carpenter was expected to get out of his walking boot this past weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two stolen bases in Friday's 9-4 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases in Friday's 6-5 loss against the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-5 with one run scored, an RBI and two stolen bases in Monday's 10-6 win against the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Chandler Simpson went 4-for-5 with a double and one run scored in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#212
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#320	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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