Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	# 143
VBR	# 150	# 134

Projections

Runs	26	29
Home Runs	10	10
RBI	30	30
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.245	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	# 145

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	# 141

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	# 158

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 74

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 131	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	209	247

Runs	26	36

Hits	45	60

Singles	25	32

Doubles	5	11

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	13	16

RBI	36	43

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	18	40

Strikeouts	72	59

Batting Average	.215	.243

On Base Pct	.289	.351

Slugging Pct	.445	.490

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.840

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	193

Runs	26	29

Hits	45	46

Singles	26	25

Doubles	8	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	10

RBI	30	30

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	26

Strikeouts	52	50

Batting Average	.245	.240

On Base Pct	.309	.333

Slugging Pct	.462	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.788

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
News
	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	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th
	Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter went 1-for-5 with a home run in a 10-4 win over the Twins on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 10th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 9-2 loss to the Royals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
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			JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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