Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Darren McCaughan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 458	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.19	4.49
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	45.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	8	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.6	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	16	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.19	4.49

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Caleb Kilian has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - PHI			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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