Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 163	‐
VBR	# 399	# 1244

Projections

Runs	7	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	8	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.238	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL60

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	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	14

Runs	27	0

Hits	48	4

Singles	28	3

Doubles	5	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	36	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	75	2

Batting Average	.208	.286

On Base Pct	.276	.333

Slugging Pct	.416	.357

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	51	8

Runs	7	1

Hits	12	2

Singles	7	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	8	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	14	2

Batting Average	.238	.214

On Base Pct	.304	.249

Slugging Pct	.439	.307

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.556

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
News
	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
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			Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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