Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.35
WHIP	1.49	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
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	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	15

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	3

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.48	4.35

WHIP	1.49	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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