Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 307	# 326
VBR	# 1224	# 579

Projections

Runs	5	16
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	3	13
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.240	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 352	# 288

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 216	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	241

Runs	20	21

Hits	40	49

Singles	30	35

Doubles	7	8

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	7	20

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	3	4

Walks	10	26

Strikeouts	33	46

Batting Average	.282	.203

On Base Pct	.336	.279

Slugging Pct	.387	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.582

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	34	125

Runs	5	16

Hits	8	29

Singles	6	19

Doubles	1	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	3	13

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	3	12

Strikeouts	10	29

Batting Average	.240	.230

On Base Pct	.320	.301

Slugging Pct	.359	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.658

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Blake Dunn is slated to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Blake Dunn took batting practice on the field Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Blake Dunn hit off a tee on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Blake Dunn continues to deal with elbow discomfort and has yet to begin baseball activities. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Blake Dunn received a cortisone injection. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blake Dunn LF,CF,RF - CIN			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Dunn for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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