Who Should I Trade?

Colt Emerson for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 235	‐
VBR	# 1130	# 202

Projections

Runs	5	12
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	4	10
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.223	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 228	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 319	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	221	50

Runs	24	6

Hits	42	17

Singles	27	14

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	23	4

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	83	13

Batting Average	.190	.340

On Base Pct	.246	.382

Slugging Pct	.335	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.581	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	38	91

Runs	5	12

Hits	8	23

Singles	6	16

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	4	10

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	7

Strikeouts	11	22

Batting Average	.223	.252

On Base Pct	.298	.315

Slugging Pct	.352	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.650	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Colt Emerson (wrist) will undergo surgery on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Colt Emerson will visit a specialist in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	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
	The Mariners placed Colt Emerson on the injured list with left wrist inflammation. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	The Mariners have optioned shortstop Colt Emerson to Triple-A Tacoma. Brenton Kemp Thu, Aug 13th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Colt Emerson went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Mariners 4-2 win over the Tigers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Twins infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper was placed on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Tuesday with a left glute injury. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Colt Emerson 3B,SS - SEA			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Colt Emerson for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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