Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	# 278
VBR	# 90	# 1100

Projections

Runs	22	9
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	23	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.251	.241

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	# 262

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	448	275

Runs	52	25

Hits	111	62

Singles	75	46

Doubles	20	9

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	14	7

RBI	63	37

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	68	30

Strikeouts	117	67

Batting Average	.248	.226

On Base Pct	.358	.316

Slugging Pct	.395	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.650

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	76

Runs	22	9

Hits	38	18

Singles	22	13

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	23	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	7

Strikeouts	42	17

Batting Average	.251	.241

On Base Pct	.346	.318

Slugging Pct	.453	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.799	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#196	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#429
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#285
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Victor Caratini (2026)

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