Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Tatis Jr. for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B,RF - SD	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	# 87
VBR	# 6	# 70

Projections

Runs	17	12
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	14	10
Stolen Bases	5	5
Batting Average	.279	.275

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 66

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	# 136

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	# 105

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 173

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 59

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B,RF - SD	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	529	445

Runs	76	66

Hits	149	128

Singles	102	80

Doubles	28	27

Triples	2	7

Home Runs	17	14

RBI	67	70

Stolen Bases	31	25

Caught Stealing	13	5

Walks	54	24

Strikeouts	111	81

Batting Average	.282	.288

On Base Pct	.350	.329

Slugging Pct	.439	.474

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.803

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B,RF - SD	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	84

Runs	17	12

Hits	27	23

Singles	18	16

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	14	10

Stolen Bases	5	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	21	16

Batting Average	.279	.275

On Base Pct	.363	.326

Slugging Pct	.475	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.838	.741

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B,RF - SD	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF,DH - COL
News
	Fernando Tatis Jr. went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 8-1 win over the Twins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s 13-1 win over the Nationals with a double, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th
	Fernando Tatis Jr. went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 7-5 win over the Guardians on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-4 in Monday’s loss to the Nationals with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 25th
	Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-2 win over the Astros on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-4 in a 4-3 loss to the Guardians with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2-for-5 with a home run in the Padres 6-3 loss on Friday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Dodgers with a double, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B,RF - SD			Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#375
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#318
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#136
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#417
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Tatis Jr. for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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