Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for Victor Caratini (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	# 283
VBR	# 321	# 972

Projections

Runs	9	6
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.234	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	# 272

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	330	290

Runs	33	27

Hits	81	64

Singles	52	48

Doubles	17	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	7

RBI	44	39

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	33

Strikeouts	102	68

Batting Average	.246	.221

On Base Pct	.327	.314

Slugging Pct	.406	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	74	53

Runs	9	6

Hits	17	13

Singles	11	9

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	5

Strikeouts	24	11

Batting Average	.234	.239

On Base Pct	.319	.317

Slugging Pct	.397	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Victor Caratini is back in the Twins lineup on Friday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Victor Caratini was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Guardians with a right knee contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	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
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Victor Caratini C,1B,DH - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Tyler Stephenson for Victor Caratini (2026)

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