Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Darren McCaughan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 940	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.48
WHIP	1.37	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	9.00	‐

WHIP	1.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.0	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.54	4.48

WHIP	1.37	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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