Who Should I Trade?

Davis Wendzel for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Davis Wendzel 1B,3B,SS - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 334	‐
VBR	# 511	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.234	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Davis Wendzel 1B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	344	4

Runs	36	0

Hits	73	0

Singles	51	0

Doubles	15	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	26	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	37	0

Strikeouts	64	0

Batting Average	.212	.000

On Base Pct	.293	.000

Slugging Pct	.308	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.601	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Davis Wendzel 1B,3B,SS - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.234	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.365	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Davis Wendzel 1B,3B,SS - FA
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	The Pirates released INF Davis Wendzel. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates have designated infielder Davis Wendzel for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Pirates optioned INF Davis Wendzel to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Pirates selected the contract of Davis Wendzel. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET			Davis Wendzel 1B,3B,SS - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#218
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#136
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Davis Wendzel for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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