Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	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	# 340	‐
VBR	# 694	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.48
WHIP	1.38	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	35.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.9	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	3

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.21	4.48

WHIP	1.38	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Brewers acquired RHP Joel Kuhnel from the Brewers for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Joel Kuhnel (2026)

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