Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 174	‐
VBR	# 520	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 190	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 226	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	66.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	5.02	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	42.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
	Trevor McDonald allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk over 2 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Trevor McDonald allowed one hit while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Trevor McDonald allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Trevor McDonald allowed five (three earned) runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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