Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 174	‐
VBR	# 559	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.48
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	56.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	6.07	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	24.5	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	24	3

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.33	4.48

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Steven Matz (2026)

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