Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 729	# 867

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.04
WHIP	1.44	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	70.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	15.8	6.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.35	4.04

WHIP	1.44	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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