Who Should I Trade?

Denzer Guzman for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 327
VBR	# 460	# 1027

Projections

Runs	13	11
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	13	8
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.224	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 203	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	280

Runs	14	30

Hits	35	63

Singles	26	43

Doubles	4	13

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	16	24

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	5

Walks	10	31

Strikeouts	41	49

Batting Average	.233	.225

On Base Pct	.286	.305

Slugging Pct	.360	.336

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	111	84

Runs	13	11

Hits	25	20

Singles	16	13

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	13	8

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	8

Strikeouts	35	19

Batting Average	.224	.239

On Base Pct	.282	.311

Slugging Pct	.369	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Denzer Guzman went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a game-tying three-run homer in the eighth as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Denzer Guzman went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said that Denzer Guzman will "essentially" be the everyday third baseman after being called up on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jun 8th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Denzer Guzman 3B,SS - LAA			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#285	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#323	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Denzer Guzman for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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