Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Javier Assad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	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	# 679	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	4.47
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 110	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	62.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	12

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	26.4	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	3

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	20	2

Walks	10	1

ERA	4.51	4.47

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Javier Assad (2026)

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