Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 283
VBR	# 133	# 555

Projections

Runs	12	6
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	10	7
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.262	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 11	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 272

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	437	290

Runs	100	27

Hits	116	64

Singles	59	48

Doubles	26	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	30	7

RBI	73	39

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	90	33

Strikeouts	153	68

Batting Average	.265	.221

On Base Pct	.393	.314

Slugging Pct	.536	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.928	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	66	56

Runs	12	6

Hits	17	14

Singles	10	10

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	10	7

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	5

Strikeouts	22	12

Batting Average	.262	.245

On Base Pct	.374	.322

Slugging Pct	.487	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Nationals manager Blake Butera said James Wood’s recovery from his oblique strain has been slower than hoped. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	James Wood hit off a tee on Friday at 60 percent intensity. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Nationals manager Blake Butera said James Wood is not expected to be activated from the injured list when eligible later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	James Wood (oblique) was placed on the 10-day IL on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Nationals manager Blake Butera told reporters James Wood will undergo an MRI on his left side. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Wood LF,RF,DH - WSH			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#426	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
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 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

James Wood for Victor Caratini (2026)

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