Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Dylan Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 608	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.47
WHIP	1.39	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 342	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	2.81	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	3

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.09	4.47

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Smith RP - SF			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Dylan Smith (2026)

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