Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Zach Pop (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	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	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.47
WHIP	1.65	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 195	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.68	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.37	4.47

WHIP	1.65	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Pop RP - MIA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	Phillies RHP Zach Pop elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	The Phillies designated Zach Pop for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Zach Pop began a rehab assignment in Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Pop RP - MIA			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Darren McCaughan for Zach Pop (2026)

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