Who Should I Trade?

Kaelen Culpepper for Kevin McGonigle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin McGonigle 3B,SS - DET	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 53	# 202

Projections

Runs	17	12
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	14	10
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.267	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 18	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin McGonigle 3B,SS - DET	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	488	50

Runs	84	6

Hits	138	17

Singles	97	14

Doubles	24	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	14	2

RBI	56	4

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	79	2

Strikeouts	79	13

Batting Average	.283	.340

On Base Pct	.384	.382

Slugging Pct	.430	.480

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.862

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin McGonigle 3B,SS - DET	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	91

Runs	17	12

Hits	29	23

Singles	19	16

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	14	10

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	18	22

Batting Average	.267	.252

On Base Pct	.358	.315

Slugging Pct	.430	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.709

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin McGonigle 3B,SS - DET	Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
News
	Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-6 in a win over the Pirates with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in a 7-5 loss to the Padres on Saturday with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd
	Kevin McGonigle went 1-for-4 in a win over the Guardians with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-4 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers on Friday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th
	Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-4 in a 6-4 win over the Guardians with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Kaelen Culpepper was called up by the Twins on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 7th
	Kevin McGonigle went 3-for-4 in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Giants with one run scored and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Twins activated Kaelen Culpepper from the Triple-A IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-3 in Thursday's win over the Mariners with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Twins infield prospect Kaelen Culpepper was placed on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Tuesday with a left glute injury. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin McGonigle 3B,SS - DET			Kaelen Culpepper SS - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169

Who Should I Trade?

Kaelen Culpepper for Kevin McGonigle (2026)

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