Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 141	‐
VBR	# 323	# 1313

Projections

Runs	15	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	17	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.245	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	11

Runs	27	0

Hits	48	2

Singles	28	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	36	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	3

Strikeouts	75	6

Batting Average	.208	.182

On Base Pct	.276	.333

Slugging Pct	.416	.273

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.606

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	7

Runs	15	1

Hits	27	1

Singles	15	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	17	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	30	2

Batting Average	.245	.212

On Base Pct	.307	.270

Slugging Pct	.461	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
News
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles have traded outfielder Johnathan Rodriguez to the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles designated Johnathan Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Kerry Carpenter trending toward the IL.” Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles recalled Johnathan Rodriguez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Monday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles placed Johnathan Rodriguez on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch confirmed that Kerry Carpenter aggravated his right heel on his last swing. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Orioles optioned OF Johnathan Rodriguez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
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			Johnathan Rodriguez RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Johnathan Rodriguez for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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