Who Should I Trade?

Jerar Encarnacion for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	‐
VBR	# 178	‐

Projections

Runs	23	‐
Home Runs	9	‐
RBI	26	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.241	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	34

Runs	27	1

Hits	47	6

Singles	27	5

Doubles	5	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	36	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	74	8

Batting Average	.208	.177

On Base Pct	.278	.200

Slugging Pct	.420	.206

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.406

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.304	‐

Slugging Pct	.451	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
News
	Kerry Carpenter is back in the Tigers lineup on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Jerar Encarnacion has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Giants designated Jerar Encarnacion for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Kerry Carpenter was removed from Monday's game due to a heel injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET			Jerar Encarnacion RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jerar Encarnacion for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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