Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 130	# 388
VBR	# 170	# 1276

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	28	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.244	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	222	69

Runs	26	7

Hits	46	16

Singles	26	10

Doubles	5	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	2

RBI	36	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	74	21

Batting Average	.207	.232

On Base Pct	.278	.312

Slugging Pct	.423	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	18

Runs	24	2

Hits	42	4

Singles	25	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	28	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	48	4

Batting Average	.244	.236

On Base Pct	.308	.299

Slugging Pct	.461	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Kerry Carpenter is back in the Tigers lineup on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Kerry Carpenter was removed from Monday's game due to a heel injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
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			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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