Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 327	‐
VBR	# 837	# 1346

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.228	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 288	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	# 478

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	248	39

Runs	22	2

Hits	52	7

Singles	37	4

Doubles	8	2

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	21	3

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	28	6

Strikeouts	46	15

Batting Average	.210	.180

On Base Pct	.288	.289

Slugging Pct	.315	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	.597

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	8

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	2

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	26	2

Batting Average	.228	.200

On Base Pct	.299	.296

Slugging Pct	.347	.258

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	.554

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
News
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Mariners recalled Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Mariners are expected to recall Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Connor Joe was taking reps at third base on the field on Sunday. 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
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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