Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	# 220
VBR	# 323	# 264

Projections

Runs	15	17
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	17	19
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.245	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 133	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 136	# 167

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 144	# 189

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 161

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	263

Runs	27	30

Hits	48	61

Singles	28	32

Doubles	5	12

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	13	16

RBI	36	43

Stolen Bases	0	8

Caught Stealing	0	2

Walks	18	27

Strikeouts	75	78

Batting Average	.208	.232

On Base Pct	.276	.305

Slugging Pct	.416	.468

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.773

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	123

Runs	15	17

Hits	27	29

Singles	15	17

Doubles	5	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	17	19

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	8	13

Strikeouts	30	38

Batting Average	.245	.237

On Base Pct	.307	.316

Slugging Pct	.461	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.746

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Heriberto Hernandez went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Kerry Carpenter trending toward the IL.” Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Monday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch confirmed that Kerry Carpenter aggravated his right heel on his last swing. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET			Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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