Who Should I Trade?

CJ Abrams for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	‐
VBR	# 18	# 177

Projections

Runs	14	10
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	9
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.258	.253

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	498	67

Runs	81	9

Hits	133	21

Singles	75	16

Doubles	26	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	29	3

RBI	92	6

Stolen Bases	25	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	49	4

Strikeouts	136	17

Batting Average	.267	.313

On Base Pct	.343	.365

Slugging Pct	.506	.478

On-base Plus Slugging	.849	.843

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	80

Runs	14	10

Hits	24	20

Singles	15	14

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	9

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	22	19

Batting Average	.258	.253

On Base Pct	.326	.317

Slugging Pct	.448	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	CJ Abrams was scratched from the lineup for Monday’s game against the Marlins with back tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Athletics with a solo home run, a walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th
	CJ Abrams went 1-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, two stolen bases, a walk and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Aug 25th	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
	CJ Abrams is not in the Nationals lineup on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	CJ Abrams was not in the Nationals lineup on Thursday after suffering a left ankle sprain in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s game. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	Nationals manager Blake Butera said CJ Abrams is going to start making the transition to second base. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	CJ Abrams SS,DH - WSH			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#113	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Abrams for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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