Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 327
VBR	# 186	# 911

Projections

Runs	20	12
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	19	9
Stolen Bases	4	3
Batting Average	.256	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	363	269

Runs	51	28

Hits	102	60

Singles	64	41

Doubles	22	12

Triples	3	3

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	64	23

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	5

Walks	27	29

Strikeouts	92	49

Batting Average	.281	.223

On Base Pct	.332	.297

Slugging Pct	.466	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.631

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	94

Runs	20	12

Hits	39	22

Singles	26	14

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	19	9

Stolen Bases	4	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	9

Strikeouts	39	21

Batting Average	.256	.231

On Base Pct	.307	.302

Slugging Pct	.410	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.660

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 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
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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