Carson Kelly CHC C R

Born: 07/14/1994 Age: 31

Signed By

Big Time Timmy Jim for $4

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (TEX) Dec'24

Thu 8/07	Fri 8/08	Sat 8/09
---	@STL 8:15 PM EDT	@STL 7:15 PM EDT

Positions
C
2026 Earned Positions
C

All Leagues
Average $1.85 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $2.03 Median $1.00

All Leagues
Average $1.60 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.20 Median $1.00

Roster%
74.92%
Change
7Day 0.31%
30Day 11.62%

2025 OPL Round 5
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

August 2, 2025 12:06 PM : Kelly is not in the Cubs' starting lineup against the Orioles on Saturday.
Analysis: Kelly will take a seat after going 2-for-3 with a run in Friday's 1-0 win over Baltimore. Reese McGuire will serve behind home plate and bat eighth.

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	P/G	Pts
2016	STL	10	14	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.41	4.10
2017	STL	34	75	69	12	3	0	0	5	1	0	0.73	24.90
2018	STL	19	42	35	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	-0.03	-0.60
2019	ARI	111	365	314	77	19	0	18	48	2	0	4.43	491.50
2020	ARI	39	129	122	27	5	0	5	6	1	0	2.86	111.70
2021	ARI	98	359	304	73	11	1	13	44	6	0	4.23	414.60
2022	ARI	104	354	317	67	18	0	7	29	4	2	2.68	279.00
2023	ARI	33	92	84	19	3	0	1	7	0	1	1.92	63.40
2023	DET	19	59	52	9	2	0	1	7	0	0	1.82	34.60
2024	DET	60	203	179	43	4	1	7	17	6	0	3.57	213.90
2024	TEX	31	110	102	24	5	0	2	8	0	0	2.89	89.70
2025	CHC	76	288	246	66	12	1	13	36	3	0	5.31	403.30

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2012	STL (R)	56	225	213	48	10	0	9	10	1	0	0	3.61	202.40
2013	STL (A-)	70	299	271	75	16	1	4	20	6	1	0	4.55	318.60
2013	STL (A)	43	168	146	32	6	0	2	13	2	0	0	2.66	114.40
2014	STL (A)	98	415	363	90	17	4	6	37	7	1	0	4.12	403.40
2015	STL (A+)	108	419	389	85	18	1	8	22	3	0	0	2.73	295.10
2016	STL (AA)	64	236	216	62	7	0	6	14	3	0	1	4	256.10
2016	STL (AAA)	32	126	113	33	10	0	0	11	0	0	0	4.18	133.80
2017	STL (AAA)	68	280	244	69	13	0	10	33	3	0	2	5.54	376.50
2018	STL (AAA)	83	349	294	79	14	1	7	48	5	0	0	5.05	419.50
2021	ARI (CPX)	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.00
2021	ARI (A+)	3	13	10	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.33	13.00
2022	ARI (AAA)	5	22	17	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	10.64	53.20
2023	ARI (AAA)	8	34	29	10	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.96	47.70

Date	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	R	RBI	HBP	Pts
Aug 6, 2025	CHC	CIN	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	7.20
Aug 4, 2025	CHC	CIN	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4.00
Aug 3, 2025	CHC	BAL	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aug 2, 2025	CHC	BAL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.00
Aug 1, 2025	CHC	BAL	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	8.20
Jul 30, 2025	CHC	@MIL	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	-5.00
Jul 28, 2025	CHC	@MIL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Jul 27, 2025	CHC	@CHW	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.60
Jul 26, 2025	CHC	@CHW	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	4.60
Jul 23, 2025	CHC	KCR	4	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.50
Totals			38	33	7	3	1	4	2	2	24.10

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
September 1, 2017 8:14 PM	add	Sixty Games Out	$1
September 13, 2017 10:09 AM	cut	Sixty Games Out	$1
March 12, 2018 11:37 AM	add	Sixty Games Out	$2
March 23, 2018 10:15 AM	cut	Sixty Games Out	$1
June 18, 2019 8:10 AM	add	Big Time Timmy Jim	$3
August 6, 2019 1:03 PM	cut	Big Time Timmy Jim	$2
August 7, 2019 1:04 PM	add	The Injured List	$3
October 4, 2019 5:02 PM	increase	The Injured List	$5
August 24, 2020 6:58 PM	cut	The Injured List	$3
September 26, 2020 9:06 AM	add	Happ-enstance!	$3
September 30, 2020 7:54 PM	increase	Happ-enstance!	$5
January 25, 2021 3:29 PM	cut	Happ-enstance!	$0
March 13, 2021 10:52 AM	add	Happ-enstance!	$4
October 9, 2021 4:06 AM	increase	Happ-enstance!	$6
November 30, 2021 11:02 PM	cut	Happ-enstance!	$0
March 27, 2022 10:14 AM	add	Big Time Timmy Jim	$4
March 30, 2022 11:25 PM	cut	Big Time Timmy Jim	$2
March 31, 2022 11:26 PM	add	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$4
May 1, 2022 11:15 AM	cut	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$2
June 22, 2022 11:49 AM	add	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$2
June 22, 2022 3:05 PM	cut	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$1
July 24, 2022 7:58 PM	add	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$1
October 3, 2022 5:41 PM	cut	Swamp Drainers 🍔	$1
April 26, 2025 8:36 AM	add	Big Time Timmy Jim	$4

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
May 9, 2025 9:22 AM	Taking the D Train	Carson Kelly CHC C R $1 Edward Cabrera MIA SP R $4	🌻 Seed Delight	Xavier Edwards MIA 2B/SS S $5
May 6, 2025 9:48 AM	Larry Bernandez	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $43 Carson Kelly CHC C R $1 $11 loan	Zac Brown Band	William Contreras MIL C R $21 Alec Bohm PHI 1B/3B R $9 10IL Jeremy Pena HOU SS R $5
August 28, 2022 9:35 PM	Contreras Tour (Naylor's Version)	Taylor Ward LAA OF R $4 Carson Kelly ARI C R $2 Trevor Stephan CLE AAA RP R $2 $5 loan	❤️ Pitching Woo ❤️	Ezequiel Tovar COL SS R $1 Kyle Harrison BOS AAA SP L $2 James Wood WSN OF L $2
May 26, 2022 3:32 PM	Farm Boy Westley	Brandon Crawford SFG SS/3B L $4 Josh Lowe TBR OF L $4	Comeback Vibes	Marcus Semien TEX 2B R $14 Carson Kelly ARI C R $3
May 23, 2022 11:04 AM	Jealnet's Arm Renewal Services	Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B R $26 10IL Tyler Stephenson CIN C R $5 Zach Eflin PHI SP R $4 15IL $1 loan	Arraez and Shine	Vidal Brujan TBR 2B/SS/3B/OF S $5 Brandon Woodruff MIL SP R $29 Carson Kelly ARI C R $3
April 25, 2022 2:13 AM	Maybe This Year	Will Smith ATL RP L $3 Carson Kelly ARI C R $1 Bobby Witt Jr. KCR SS R $13	Alien Alliance	Xander Bogaerts BOS 2B/SS R $35 Pierce Johnson SDP RP R $1 Chris Paddack MIN SP R $1 $20 loan
April 22, 2022 6:43 PM	DeGromzilla v. MechaSchlittler 🦎🤖	Mookie Betts LAD 2B/SS/OF R $50 $5 loan	🖤🧡Deversity Equity & Inclusion	Giancarlo Stanton NYY Util R $34 Carson Kelly ARI C R $6 Andrew Kittredge TBR RP R $4
April 5, 2022 12:21 PM	-	DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/2B/3B R $17 Marcell Ozuna ATL Util R $13 Jonathan Schoop DET Util R $4 Miguel Sano MIN 3B R $6 Michael Conforto NYM OF L $13	THE AMERICAN'S	Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL OF R $56 10IL Carson Kelly ARI C R $3 $6 loan
April 3, 2022 1:18 PM	Team Chums	Lance Lynn CHW SP R $5 Joey Gallo NYY 1B/OF L $6 Carson Kelly ARI C R $2	Team Nattys	Justin Turner LAD 1B/3B R $4 Jose Abreu CHW 1B R $11 Connor Joe CIN AAA 1B/OF R $1
March 14, 2022 9:09 AM	Ambassador of Kwan	Carson Kelly ARI C R $6 $1 loan	Keep Yr Own Counsell	Mark Melancon ARI AAA RP R $4

Carson Kelly CHC C R

Born: 07/14/1994 Age: 31

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Signed By

Big Time Timmy Jim for $4

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (TEX) Dec'24

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