Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	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	# 827	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.48
WHIP	1.52	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	36.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.4	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	3

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.36	4.48

WHIP	1.52	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	The Nationals recalled LHP PJ Poulin from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for PJ Poulin (2026)

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