Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	‐
VBR	# 142	‐

Projections

Runs	26	3
Home Runs	10	1
RBI	28	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.227	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 130	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 164	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 276	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	362	22

Runs	44	4

Hits	75	4

Singles	39	2

Doubles	17	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	19	1

RBI	52	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	45	2

Strikeouts	133	8

Batting Average	.207	.182

On Base Pct	.301	.280

Slugging Pct	.412	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	187	22

Runs	26	3

Hits	42	5

Singles	23	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	28	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	2

Strikeouts	60	7

Batting Average	.227	.227

On Base Pct	.320	.292

Slugging Pct	.431	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run homer in a 6-1 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#218	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#131	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#374	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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