Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Lucas Braun (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	5.08
WHIP	1.49	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	2.0	2.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	3

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	2	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.48	5.08

WHIP	1.49	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
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
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Lucas Braun (2026)

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