Who Should I Trade?

Darell Hernaiz for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 307	‐
VBR	# 427	# 212

Projections

Runs	8	11
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	7	10
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.250	.254

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 466	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	133	57

Runs	13	8

Hits	32	19

Singles	28	14

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	3

Strikeouts	27	15

Batting Average	.241	.333

On Base Pct	.327	.381

Slugging Pct	.286	.526

On-base Plus Slugging	.612	.907

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	87

Runs	8	11

Hits	17	22

Singles	13	15

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	12	21

Batting Average	.250	.254

On Base Pct	.312	.317

Slugging Pct	.343	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	The Athletics recalled Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	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
	The Athletics have recalled infielder Darell Hernaiz from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	The Athletics optioned Darell Hernaiz to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	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
		Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
		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
	Darell Hernaiz 2B,3B,SS - ATH			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#235
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#110	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Darell Hernaiz for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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