Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Evan Carter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 227	‐
VBR	# 253	# 1364

Projections

Runs	24	1
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.231	.215

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 217	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 224	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 293	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	‐

Runs	33	‐

Hits	44	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	11	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Batting Average	.191	‐

On Base Pct	.304	‐

Slugging Pct	.342	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	162	9

Runs	24	1

Hits	37	2

Singles	24	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	43	3

Batting Average	.231	.215

On Base Pct	.323	.296

Slugging Pct	.392	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.562

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
News
	Evan Carter went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Braves with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Evan Carter went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, singled and scored, then added a solo homer in the eighth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Rangers activated Evan Carter from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Evan Carter went 2-for-2 with a solo homer on Friday in a rehab game for Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Rangers sent Evan Carter on a rehab assignment to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Evan Carter LF,CF,RF - TEX			Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Evan Carter (2026)

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