Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 163	# 271
VBR	# 333	# 618

Projections

Runs	7	7
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	8	5
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.238	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	# 253

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	# 274

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	227

Runs	27	20

Hits	48	38

Singles	28	27

Doubles	5	6

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	36	12

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	20

Strikeouts	75	60

Batting Average	.208	.167

On Base Pct	.276	.249

Slugging Pct	.416	.256

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.505

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	49	52

Runs	7	7

Hits	12	12

Singles	7	9

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	8	5

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	6

Strikeouts	14	12

Batting Average	.238	.226

On Base Pct	.304	.316

Slugging Pct	.445	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	Kerry Carpenter's rehab process is on pause after experiencing a setback with his plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	TJ Friedl went 1-for-1 in Friday's 10-8 win over the Cubs with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Kerry Carpenter has been sent to a foot specialist for further evaluation. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	TJ Friedl has been placed on waivers by the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	Kerry Carpenter resumed baseball activities this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
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			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for TJ Friedl (2026)

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