Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 731	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.35	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	70.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	15.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.35	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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