Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Lindor for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	‐
VBR	# 18	# 202

Projections

Runs	18	12
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	16	10
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.251	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	285	50

Runs	40	6

Hits	67	17

Singles	43	14

Doubles	8	1

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	12	2

RBI	32	4

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	34	2

Strikeouts	59	13

Batting Average	.235	.340

On Base Pct	.323	.382

Slugging Pct	.418	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	91

Runs	18	12

Hits	29	23

Singles	18	16

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	16	10

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	7

Strikeouts	25	22

Batting Average	.251	.252

On Base Pct	.332	.315

Slugging Pct	.438	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday’s 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Francisco Lindor went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three runs scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Francisco Lindor went 1-for-3 with two walks, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 8th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-6 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Francisco Lindor went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Francisco Lindor SS - NYM			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Francisco Lindor for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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