Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 447	# 831

Projections

Strikeouts	23	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.99	4.59
WHIP	1.32	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.0	2.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	36	3

Earned Runs	15	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	42	1

Walks	12	0

ERA	3.29	7.71

WHIP	1.17	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.7	9.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	9

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.99	4.59

WHIP	1.32	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	The Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Kevin Ginkel to a one-year, $2.725 million deal to avoid arbitration. Ari Koslow Fri, Jan 9th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SF
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Kevin Ginkel (2026)

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