Who Should I Trade?

Pavin Smith for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 276	# 331
VBR	# 1084	# 1337

Projections

Runs	10	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.240	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 221	# 412

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	78

Runs	25	5

Hits	60	11

Singles	44	9

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	37	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	10

Strikeouts	64	18

Batting Average	.223	.141

On Base Pct	.311	.236

Slugging Pct	.335	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	85	6

Runs	10	1

Hits	20	1

Singles	15	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	18	2

Batting Average	.240	.174

On Base Pct	.318	.249

Slugging Pct	.366	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.545

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
News
	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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 Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
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			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#338	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#395	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#186	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#271
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Pavin Smith for Victor Caratini (2026)

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