Who Should I Trade?

Matt Thaiss for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	# 555	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.245	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 221	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	‐

Runs	27	‐

Hits	64	‐

Singles	48	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	32	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.314	‐

Slugging Pct	.326	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.640	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.245	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.377	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
News
	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	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 Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN			Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Thaiss for Victor Caratini (2026)

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