Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	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	# 969	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.95	4.47
WHIP	1.50	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.74	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	30.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	30	3

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	26	2

Walks	14	1

ERA	4.95	4.47

WHIP	1.50	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#151	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Mason Barnett (2026)

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