Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	‐
VBR	# 148	# 1245

Projections

Runs	24	6
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	5
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.275	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	291	53

Runs	42	4

Hits	87	9

Singles	52	8

Doubles	19	1

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	55	6

Stolen Bases	17	2

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	4

Strikeouts	55	24

Batting Average	.299	.170

On Base Pct	.345	.228

Slugging Pct	.509	.189

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	.417

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	46

Runs	24	6

Hits	45	10

Singles	31	7

Doubles	8	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	5

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	32	16

Batting Average	.275	.226

On Base Pct	.331	.291

Slugging Pct	.423	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.663

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Denzel Clarke continues his running, throwing and swinging progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Denzel Clarke has started to play catch and a swinging progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Athletics transferred Denzel Clarke to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Denzel Clarke remains shut down from baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Denzel Clarke has left his rehab assignment in Triple-A after sustaining a "significant left hamstring strain" on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Denzel Clarke CF - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#255	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Denzel Clarke for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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