Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Hampson for Matt McLain (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Garrett Hampson 2B,LF,CF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 221	‐
VBR	# 88	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.222	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 259	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 316	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Garrett Hampson 2B,LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	400	‐

Runs	54	‐

Hits	74	‐

Singles	42	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	39	‐

Stolen Bases	17	‐

Caught Stealing	3	‐

Walks	47	‐

Strikeouts	125	‐

Batting Average	.185	‐

On Base Pct	.279	‐

Slugging Pct	.340	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.619	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Garrett Hampson 2B,LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	44	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.222	‐

On Base Pct	.309	‐

Slugging Pct	.386	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN	Garrett Hampson 2B,LF,CF - CIN
News
	Matt McLain is not in the Reds lineup on Monday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 14th	Garrett Hampson has signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The contract includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. David Leisering Sun, Jan 11th
	Matt McLain is not in the Reds’ starting lineup for Sunday’s battle against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Garrett Hampson has signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The contract includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Sun, Jan 11th
	Matt McLain is not expected to miss much time after being scratched with a sore left shoulder Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Matt McLain was scratched from Saturday’s lineup against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Matt McLain went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Brewers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt McLain 2B,SS - CIN			Garrett Hampson 2B,LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#332	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#307	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#307
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#206	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#373	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#373
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#319	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#391	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#391
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Hampson for Matt McLain (2026)

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