Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	# 302
VBR	# 178	# 1137

Projections

Runs	23	8
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	26	9
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.241	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 137	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	65

Runs	27	10

Hits	47	14

Singles	27	7

Doubles	5	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	36	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	74	23

Batting Average	.208	.215

On Base Pct	.278	.297

Slugging Pct	.420	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	59

Runs	23	8

Hits	40	13

Singles	24	8

Doubles	7	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	26	9

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	6

Strikeouts	46	18

Batting Average	.241	.224

On Base Pct	.304	.300

Slugging Pct	.451	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.712

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Kerry Carpenter is back in the Tigers lineup on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 in the doubleheader against the Brewers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-2 in win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Kerry Carpenter was removed from Monday's game due to a heel injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 in a 9-2 win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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