Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 163
VBR	# 195	# 367

Projections

Runs	12	7
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	# 197

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 153	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 230

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	# 249

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	# 133

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	471	231

Runs	67	27

Hits	120	48

Singles	75	28

Doubles	27	5

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	17	13

RBI	81	36

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	42	18

Strikeouts	106	75

Batting Average	.255	.208

On Base Pct	.319	.276

Slugging Pct	.425	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	54

Runs	12	7

Hits	22	13

Singles	15	8

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	20	15

Batting Average	.249	.235

On Base Pct	.329	.300

Slugging Pct	.418	.436

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
News
	Josh Bell went 1-for-3 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, one run scored, three RBI and one walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Atlanta with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 19th	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Kerry Carpenter (2026)

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