Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 163	# 346
VBR	# 394	# 1200

Projections

Runs	8	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.230	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	# 320

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 333

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	165

Runs	27	20

Hits	48	36

Singles	28	25

Doubles	5	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	7

RBI	36	18

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	19

Strikeouts	75	47

Batting Average	.208	.218

On Base Pct	.276	.307

Slugging Pct	.416	.370

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	58	18

Runs	8	2

Hits	13	4

Singles	8	3

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	16	5

Batting Average	.230	.246

On Base Pct	.292	.300

Slugging Pct	.422	.441

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
News
	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Kyle Higashioka is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon. Ari Koslow 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	Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a flexor tendon strain. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-1 with a solo home run as a pinch hitter in Wednesday’s 13-1 loss to the Angels. He hit the homer in the eighth inning to put Texas on the board, then stayed in the game as a pitcher and allowed two runs on two hits with a hit batter in one inning of mop-up work. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Higashioka is slashing .235/.313/.391 with five home runs, 14 RBI, and 15 runs scored across 128 plate appearances this season and has recorded three multi-hit games over his last 10 appearances. His three-run homer cleared the Green Monster in the second inning Sunday to extend the Rangers' lead before he added a single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 15th
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Kyle Higashioka went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, May 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			Kyle Higashioka C,DH - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Kyle Higashioka (2026)

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