Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for JT Brubaker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JT Brubaker 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	# 634	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.58	4.46
WHIP	1.45	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 268	‐

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


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	47.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.87	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

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


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	3

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.58	4.46

WHIP	1.45	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
		The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JT Brubaker RP - SF			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
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)	#205	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)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
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 JT Brubaker (2026)

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