Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 315	‐
VBR	# 569	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.60	4.48
WHIP	1.37	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 379	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.03	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.3	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	3

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	15	2

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.60	4.48

WHIP	1.37	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Trent Thornton played catch on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th
	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Trent Thornton (2026)

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