Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	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	# 41	‐
VBR	# 245	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.49
WHIP	1.35	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	130.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	102	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	114	‐

Walks	54	‐

ERA	3.45	‐

WHIP	1.20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	53.2	2.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	3

Earned Runs	24	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	51	2

Walks	20	1

ERA	4.01	4.49

WHIP	1.35	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Michael King allowed three runs on five hits over five innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Michael King has been pushed back to start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Michael King allowed four runs on six hits over six innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Michael King allowed one run on five hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Michael King (2026)

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