Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Kevin Gausman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	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	# 23	‐
VBR	# 139	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.49
WHIP	1.24	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

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


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	127.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	10	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	129	‐

Earned Runs	63	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	127	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	4.45	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

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


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	55.6	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	3

Earned Runs	24	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	55	2

Walks	16	1

ERA	3.96	4.49

WHIP	1.24	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Cubs are acquiring RHP Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Kevin Gausman allowed one earned run on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
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 (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Kevin Gausman (2026)

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