Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 157	# 388
VBR	# 388	# 1178

Projections

Runs	14	6
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	16	6
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.245	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 197	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 394

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	231	75

Runs	27	11

Hits	48	16

Singles	28	11

Doubles	5	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	36	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	75	31

Batting Average	.208	.213

On Base Pct	.276	.281

Slugging Pct	.416	.307

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	50

Runs	14	6

Hits	25	11

Singles	15	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	16	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	5

Strikeouts	29	17

Batting Average	.245	.226

On Base Pct	.308	.298

Slugging Pct	.459	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kerry Carpenter LF,RF,DH - DET	Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
News
	Kerry Carpenter received a cortisone shot on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Astros are reportedly calling Zach Dezenzo up from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Kerry Carpenter was placed on the 10-day injured list with left foot plantar fasciitis on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	The Astros optioned OF Zach Dezenzo to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Kerry Carpenter trending toward the IL.” Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Zach Dezenzo went 1-for-3 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	Kerry Carpenter is not in the Tigers lineup on Monday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Zach Dezenzo has been called up from Triple-A. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch confirmed that Kerry Carpenter aggravated his right heel on his last swing. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Astros activated Zach Dezenzo from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
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			Zach Dezenzo LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Kerry Carpenter for Zach Dezenzo (2026)

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