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Mike Trout or Kerry Carpenter

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Mike Trout

Mike Trout

RFLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
Kerry Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

LFDetroit Tigers DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Trout over Carpenter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Mike Trout
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carpenter over Trout

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kerry Carpenter
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Performance Mike Trout
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Kerry Carpenter
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208113.2080.33306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2592311.2980.426114
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Mike Trout
OWN
97%
+0.26 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-0.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Kerry Carpenter
OWN
85%
+0.76 compared to last week
START
75%
-3.52 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Mike Trout
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Kerry Carpenter
53rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Mike Trout

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: RF DH . However, he plays RF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 77th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is in a heck of a slump. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Knee (Since May 1, 2025). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 434th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.159
  • Ranked 383rd in batting average with 0.179
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 344th with 0.264
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 94th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 165th with 0.727
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 352nd with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 234th in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 297th in runs scored with 14
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 73rd with 9
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.041, OBP: -0.061, HRs: -1, RBI: +4, Runs: -3, Wlks: -4, Stls: -4,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Kerry Carpenter

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: RF LF DH . However, he plays RF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 53rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 186th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.298
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.283 and is currently ranked 82nd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 221st with 0.310
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 51st with 0.512
  • Top 100 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 82nd with 0.822
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 383rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 177th in RBI with 22
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 66th with 28
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 53rd with 10
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.007, OBP: -0.012, HRs: +4, RBI: -3, Runs: +11, Wlks: -2, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Mike Trout

KNEE - Since May 1, 2025

Trout is battling a left knee contusion and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in late May.
Injury Kerry Carpenter

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Mike Trout
DateOpponentResult
May 19@ATHJose SorianoW 3-4
May 20@ATHKyle HendricksW 5-7
May 21@ATHJP Sears
May 22@ATHLuis Severino
May 23VS MIASandy Alcantara
May 24VS MIACal Quantrill
May 25VS MIAEdward Cabrera
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Kerry Carpenter
DateOpponentResult
May 19@STLSonny GrayL 11-4
May 20@STLWill VestW 4-5
May 21@STLAndre Pallante
May 22VS CLESlade Cecconi
May 23VS CLELuis L. Ortiz
May 24VS CLELuis L. Ortiz
May 25VS CLELogan Allen
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125111.1250.50002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Mike Trout
14.12
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Kerry Carpenter
14.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Mike Trout
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 ANA 40 27 5 20 16 4 9 N/A N/A N/A 71
2012 ANA 139 182 30 129 83 49 67 .326 .399 .564 623
2013 ANA 157 190 27 109 97 33 110 .323 .430 .557 642
2014 ANA 144 164 33 104 105 16 75 .294 .380 .571 549
2015 ANA 159 172 41 104 90 11 92 .299 .402 .590 568
2016 ANA 159 173 29 123 100 30 116 .315 .441 .550 633
2017 ANA 114 123 33 92 72 22 94 .306 .442 .629 510
2018 ANA 140 147 39 101 79 24 122 .312 .460 .628 584
2019 ANA 134 138 45 110 104 11 110 .294 .440 .647 590
2020 LAA 52 57 18 41 48 1 33 .291 .394 .638 222
2021 LAA 37 39 8 23 18 2 27 .333 .466 .624 141
2022 LAA 113 112 37 79 75 1 49 .278 .364 .625 443
2023 LAA 97 81 18 54 44 2 45 .263 .367 .490 291
2024 LAA 30 24 10 17 14 6 16 .220 .325 .541 121
2025 LAA 29 19 9 14 18 2 12 .179 .264 .462 90
ON PACE 99 65 31 48 62 6 41 .179 .264 .462 310
3-YEAR AVG 80 72 22 50 44 3 37 .265 .360 .563 285
Career 1544 1648 382 1120 963 214 977 .305 .416 .585
Career Kerry Carpenter
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 DET 24 18 4 11 7 0 6 .237 .306 .434 58
2023 DET 127 116 20 57 64 6 31 .278 .337 .471 373
2024 DET 95 80 19 40 61 0 23 .283 .342 .576 300
2025 DET 46 47 10 28 22 1 5 .283 .310 .512 155
ON PACE 152 155 33 92 72 3 16 .283 .310 .512 512
3-YEAR AVG 82 71 14 36 44 2 20 .275 .336 .506 244
Career 292 261 53 136 154 7 65 .277 .331 .507
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ATH vs LAA 10:05 EDT EST JP Sears
Jack Kochanowicz
ATL @WAS 06:45 EDT EST AJ Smith-Shawver
Trevor Williams
BAL @MIL 01:10 EDT EST Tomoyuki Sugano
Chad Patrick
BOS vs NYM 06:45 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Tylor Megill
CHC @MIA 01:10 EDT EST Cade Horton
Max Meyer
CHW vs SEA 02:10 EDT EST Shane Smith
Logan Evans
CIN @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Brady Singer
Andrew Heaney
CLE @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Gavin Williams
Chris Paddack
COL vs PHI 08:40 EDT EST Carson Palmquist
Taijuan Walker
DET @STL 01:15 EDT EST Brant Hurter
Andre Pallante
HOU @TB 01:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Taj Bradley
KC @SF 03:45 EDT EST Daniel Lynch IV
Logan Webb
NYY vs TEX 07:05 EDT EST Ryan Yarbrough
Jacob deGrom
SD @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Randy Vasquez
Kevin Gausman
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