Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 245	‐
VBR	# 334	# 202

Projections

Runs	13	12
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	11	10
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.226	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 233	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 193	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	274	50

Runs	35	6

Hits	63	17

Singles	50	14

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	23	4

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	2

Strikeouts	71	13

Batting Average	.230	.340

On Base Pct	.315	.382

Slugging Pct	.307	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.622	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	96	91

Runs	13	12

Hits	22	23

Singles	15	16

Doubles	4	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	12	7

Strikeouts	23	22

Batting Average	.226	.252

On Base Pct	.321	.315

Slugging Pct	.342	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run in the Padres 5-0 win over the Guardians on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 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
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 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
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Kaelen Culpepper (2026)

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