Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	# 207
VBR	‐	# 548

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	35
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.50
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	# 209

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	22

Games Started	14	20

Innings Pitched	70.1	103.2

Wins	3	7

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	100

Earned Runs	40	50

Home Runs Allowed	7	14

Strikeouts	57	87

Walks	23	41

ERA	5.12	4.34

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	8

Games Started	‐	8

Innings Pitched	‐	43.5

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	44

Earned Runs	‐	22

Home Runs Allowed	‐	6

Strikeouts	‐	35

Walks	‐	17

ERA	‐	4.50

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Anthony Kay allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
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			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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