Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

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Projections

Strikeouts	15	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.90	4.46
WHIP	1.52	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


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Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

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Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	22.1	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	3

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	15	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	5.90	4.46

WHIP	1.52	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 16th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Gomber SP - ATL			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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