Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Kinney for JJ Wetherholt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 97	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	20	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.257	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 49	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 43	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 40	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	‐

Runs	72	‐

Hits	105	‐

Singles	78	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	43	‐

Stolen Bases	12	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	54	‐

Strikeouts	76	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.351	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	42	‐

Singles	29	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.346	‐

Slugging Pct	.401	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL	Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
News
	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Cubs with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and a stolen base. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Rays have reassigned infielder Cooper Kinney to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th
	JJ Wetherholt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	JJ Wetherholt went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	JJ Wetherholt and the St. Louis Cardinals are in agreement on a long-term contract extension. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JJ Wetherholt 2B,3B,SS - STL			Cooper Kinney 2B,3B - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#159	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#346
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Kinney for JJ Wetherholt (2026)

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