Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Nick Hernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	6.77
WHIP	1.49	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Nick Hernandez RP - ATH
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	Nick Hernandez RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	0.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	1

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	2	1

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.48	6.77

WHIP	1.49	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Nick Hernandez RP - ATH
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			Nick Hernandez RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Nick Hernandez (2026)

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