Who Should I Trade?

DJ LeMahieu 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	DJ LeMahieu 1B,2B,3B - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 334	‐
VBR	# 684	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	0	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.197	‐

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	DJ LeMahieu 1B,2B,3B - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	368	‐

Runs	42	‐

Hits	75	‐

Singles	52	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	42	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Batting Average	.204	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.299	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.592	‐

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


At Bats	4	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	0	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.197	‐

On Base Pct	.211	‐

Slugging Pct	.218	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	DJ LeMahieu 1B,2B,3B - 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
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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
	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
	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			DJ LeMahieu 1B,2B,3B - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
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)	#138
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (4-0)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH	DJ Herz (0-1)	#108
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Riley Cornelio (3-2)	#197
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT	Kirby Yates
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27

Who Should I Trade?

DJ LeMahieu for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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