Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Huascar Brazoban (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS	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	# 296	‐
VBR	# 551	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.49
WHIP	1.39	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 311	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 272	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	52.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	2.56	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.5	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.98	4.49

WHIP	1.39	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The White Sox are acquiring Huascar Brazobán from Mets for right-handers Gabe Davis and RHP Zach Franklin. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Huascar Brazoban will open for the Mets on Saturday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Huascar Brazoban will serve as the opener for the Mets on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Huascar Brazoban SP,RP - CWS			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Huascar Brazoban (2026)

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