Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 223	# 327
VBR	# 1040	# 767

Projections

Runs	11	13
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	7	10
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.248	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 204	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 241	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	256	266

Runs	37	27

Hits	61	57

Singles	45	39

Doubles	14	11

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	21	23

Stolen Bases	10	1

Caught Stealing	7	4

Walks	42	28

Strikeouts	55	49

Batting Average	.238	.214

On Base Pct	.353	.287

Slugging Pct	.316	.323

On-base Plus Slugging	.669	.611

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	102

Runs	11	13

Hits	19	23

Singles	14	16

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	7	10

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	10

Strikeouts	17	23

Batting Average	.248	.229

On Base Pct	.342	.300

Slugging Pct	.346	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.652

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Austin Martin went 0-for-1 in a 5-2 win over the Cubs with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Austin Martin stole a base and scored a run in an 11-4 win over the Yankees on Saturday. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Austin Martin went 1-for-4 in a win over the White Sox with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Tue, Jun 2nd	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Austin Martin went 2-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Austin Martin went 2-for-4 in a 9-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday with a double, a walk, a stolen base, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, May 15th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Martin 2B,LF,CF,RF - MIN			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Martin for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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