Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 165	# 366
VBR	# 443	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.250	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	FA

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	# 243	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	115

Runs	27	9

Hits	48	22

Singles	28	13

Doubles	5	5

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	36	20

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	75	34

Batting Average	.208	.191

On Base Pct	.276	.221

Slugging Pct	.416	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.250	‐

On Base Pct	.318	‐

Slugging Pct	.476	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	Kerry Carpenter has started hitting and running progressions. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	Kerry Carpenter was expected to get out of his walking boot this past weekend. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#60
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#244
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#263
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#258
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#285
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#148
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#291
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#375
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#309
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#110
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#239
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#201
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#74
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#138
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#108
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#369
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#354
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#358
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#318
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#284
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT	Antwone Kelly (0-0)	#363
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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