Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Schunk for Matt McLain (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 244	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.211	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 259	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 316	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	414	‐

Runs	56	‐

Hits	75	‐

Singles	42	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	39	‐

Stolen Bases	18	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	47	‐

Strikeouts	131	‐

Batting Average	.181	‐

On Base Pct	.273	‐

Slugging Pct	.333	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	31	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.211	‐

On Base Pct	.291	‐

Slugging Pct	.360	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
News
	Matt McLain is back in the Reds lineup on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th
	Matt McLain is not in the Reds lineup on Monday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 14th
	Matt McLain is not in the Reds’ starting lineup for Sunday’s battle against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Matt McLain is not expected to miss much time after being scratched with a sore left shoulder Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Matt McLain was scratched from Saturday’s lineup against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN			Aaron Schunk 2B,3B,SS - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#258	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#285
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#264	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#71	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#41	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#234	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#158
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#102	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#155	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#359	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#377	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#161	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#110	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#359
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#196	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#167	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#95
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#291	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#280	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#37
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#257	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#265
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#105
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#202	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#105
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#354	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#377	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#374	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#265
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#215	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#278
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#122	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#370	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#142	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#215	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#157
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#135	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#122	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#108
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#17
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#377
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#368
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#206
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#244	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#198
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#68	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#95	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#132
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#31	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#103
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#173	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#41	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#62
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#225
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#99

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Schunk for Matt McLain (2026)

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