Who Should I Trade?

Marcell Ozuna for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 250	# 289
VBR	# 1119	# 1032

Projections

Runs	0	2
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	0	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.152	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 217	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	# 280

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	251	308

Runs	22	27

Hits	51	68

Singles	36	52

Doubles	7	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	7

RBI	29	42

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	34

Strikeouts	80	72

Batting Average	.203	.221

On Base Pct	.286	.315

Slugging Pct	.327	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.612	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	3	17

Runs	0	2

Hits	1	4

Singles	0	3

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	0	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	2

Strikeouts	1	4

Batting Average	.152	.257

On Base Pct	.243	.346

Slugging Pct	.214	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.457	.748

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Marcell Ozuna was released by the Pirates on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a home run in the Pirates 14-5 win over the Brewers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a solo home run as the Pirates defeated the Athletics, 12-4, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two walks, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 30th
	Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and also drew a walk in Friday's loss to the Phillies. David Leisering Sat, May 16th	Victor Caratini went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 12-3 loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a single, and a walk on Friday as the Pirates dropped a 5-2 decision in San Francisco. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	Victor Caratini went 3-for-5 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 2nd		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th		vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Apr 8th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388
Sat, Apr 18th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 25th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Sun, Apr 26th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, May 1st		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Tue, May 5th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, May 6th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247
Fri, May 8th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sat, May 9th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sun, May 10th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Wed, May 13th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#182
Fri, May 15th		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#177
Sat, May 16th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, May 17th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Mon, May 18th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Tue, May 19th		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#249
Wed, May 20th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Fri, May 22nd		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#255
Sun, May 24th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Mon, May 25th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Tue, May 26th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Wed, May 27th		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289
Thu, May 28th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Fri, May 29th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Sat, May 30th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sat, Jun 6th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Wed, Jun 10th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Thu, Jun 18th		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Sun, Jun 21st		@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sat, Jun 27th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Sun, Jun 28th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Mon, Jun 29th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Wed, Jul 1st		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Tue, Jul 7th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Thu, Jul 9th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jul 18th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th		vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Thu, Jul 30th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Tue, Aug 4th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Wed, Aug 5th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Fri, Aug 7th		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Sun, Aug 9th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Wed, Aug 12th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Thu, Aug 13th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Mon, Aug 17th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Tue, Aug 18th		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Wed, Aug 19th		vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Mon, Aug 24th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Tue, Aug 25th		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Sun, Aug 30th		vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 31st		vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211
Tue, Sep 1st		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207
Mon, Sep 7th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Tue, Sep 8th		@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114
Wed, Sep 9th		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Fri, Sep 11th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sat, Sep 12th		vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#173
Sun, Sep 13th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Mon, Sep 14th		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Tue, Sep 15th		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Wed, Sep 16th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Thu, Sep 17th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Fri, Sep 18th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Sat, Sep 19th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Sun, Sep 20th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Mon, Sep 21st		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#294
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#233
Fri, Sep 25th		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Sat, Sep 26th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sun, Sep 27th		vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Marcell Ozuna for Victor Caratini (2026)

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