Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 179	‐
VBR	‐	# 868

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	16
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.00
WHIP	‐	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 246	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Caden Dana SP - LAA
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	Caden Dana SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	18.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	16

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	5.00

WHIP	‐	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Caden Dana SP - LAA
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
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			Caden Dana SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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