Who Should I Trade?

Beau Brieske for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Beau Brieske RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 734	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.48
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 406	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Beau Brieske RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	6.75	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Beau Brieske RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.7	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.57	4.48

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Beau Brieske RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Tigers recalled Beau Brieske from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Beau Brieske to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
	Beau Brieske was activated from the 60-day injured list by the Tigers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	Beau Brieske will make a rehab appearance on Friday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Beau Brieske made a rehab appearance on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Beau Brieske RP - DET			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Beau Brieske for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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