Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 388	# 870

Projections

Runs	14	10
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	16	11
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.245	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	130

Runs	27	17

Hits	48	26

Singles	28	16

Doubles	5	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	8

RBI	36	17

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	18	15

Strikeouts	75	36

Batting Average	.208	.200

On Base Pct	.276	.281

Slugging Pct	.416	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	85

Runs	14	10

Hits	25	20

Singles	15	13

Doubles	4	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	16	11

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	8	7

Strikeouts	29	21

Batting Average	.245	.231

On Base Pct	.308	.292

Slugging Pct	.459	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Kerry Carpenter trending toward the IL.” Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Monday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch confirmed that Kerry Carpenter aggravated his right heel on his last swing. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
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			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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