Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 9	# 202

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	16	10
Stolen Bases	7	2
Batting Average	.262	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	451	54

Runs	76	7

Hits	118	18

Singles	70	14

Doubles	22	2

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	21	2

RBI	58	5

Stolen Bases	22	0

Caught Stealing	8	0

Walks	54	2

Strikeouts	140	15

Batting Average	.262	.333

On Base Pct	.341	.373

Slugging Pct	.472	.482

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.854

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	91

Runs	19	12

Hits	30	23

Singles	18	16

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	16	10

Stolen Bases	7	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	13	7

Strikeouts	35	22

Batting Average	.262	.252

On Base Pct	.343	.315

Slugging Pct	.463	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Cardinals with one run scored, one stolen base, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	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
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Nationals with a solo home run and two walks. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 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
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-5 in a win over the Athletics with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a walk, three doubles, two runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS,DH - CIN			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Elly De La Cruz for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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