Who Should I Trade?

David Fry for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	David Fry C,1B,LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 395
VBR	# 627	# 1125

Projections

Runs	4	2
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	4	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.224	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 405

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 416

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	David Fry C,1B,LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	154

Runs	27	16

Hits	48	30

Singles	28	19

Doubles	5	5

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	6

RBI	36	13

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	27

Strikeouts	75	54

Batting Average	.208	.195

On Base Pct	.276	.315

Slugging Pct	.416	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	David Fry C,1B,LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	29	19

Runs	4	2

Hits	7	4

Singles	4	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	4	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	8	6

Batting Average	.224	.238

On Base Pct	.282	.312

Slugging Pct	.412	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.731

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	David Fry C,1B,LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Kerry Carpenter was expected to get out of his walking boot this past weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Guardians recalled David Fry from Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Guardians optioned David Fry to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	David Fry went 1-for-1 in a 6-5 win over the White Sox with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 3rd
	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	David Fry went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	David Fry went 1-for-2 in a 4-2 win over the Brewers on Thursday with a home run, a walk, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET			David Fry C,1B,LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#218	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#289
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
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 (6-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

David Fry for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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