Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	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	# 432	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.67	4.48
WHIP	1.25	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.68	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.1	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	3.67	4.48

WHIP	1.25	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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