Who Should I Trade?

David Hamilton for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Hamilton 2B,3B,SS - MIL	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 231	‐
VBR	# 264	# 202

Projections

Runs	9	12
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	7	10
Stolen Bases	6	2
Batting Average	.221	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 245	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 303	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 197	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Hamilton 2B,3B,SS - MIL	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	273	54

Runs	40	7

Hits	65	18

Singles	49	14

Doubles	10	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	22	5

Stolen Bases	24	0

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	30	2

Strikeouts	70	15

Batting Average	.238	.333

On Base Pct	.316	.373

Slugging Pct	.333	.482

On-base Plus Slugging	.649	.854

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Hamilton 2B,3B,SS - MIL	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	68	91

Runs	9	12

Hits	15	23

Singles	10	16

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	19	22

Batting Average	.221	.252

On Base Pct	.286	.315

Slugging Pct	.342	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.628	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Hamilton 2B,3B,SS - MIL	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	David Hamilton went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored, four RBI, and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	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
	David Hamilton went 0-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	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
	David Hamilton went 0-for-2 in a win over the Pirates with one run scored, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	David Hamilton went 1-for-2 in Wednesday's 16-3 loss to the Giants with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	David Hamilton went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	David Hamilton 2B,3B,SS - MIL			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

David Hamilton for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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