Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 457	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.48
WHIP	1.35	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.77	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	15.5	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	13	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	3.71	4.48

WHIP	1.35	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Franco Aleman (2026)

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