Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	‐
VBR	# 302	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	8	0
ERA	4.18	4.48
WHIP	1.28	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 63	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	29.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	13	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.1	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.18	4.48

WHIP	1.28	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Kenley Jansen struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits to earn the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kenley Jansen RP - DET			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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