Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	# 173
VBR	# 232	# 518

Projections

Strikeouts	37	34
Wins	2	2
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.29	4.24
WHIP	1.23	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	# 191

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 229

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	13

Games Started	4	13

Innings Pitched	49.1	66.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	7

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	38	65

Earned Runs	15	37

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	67	54

Walks	17	21

ERA	2.74	5.02

WHIP	1.11	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	12

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	29.9	42.8

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	25	42

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	37	34

Walks	11	16

ERA	3.29	4.24

WHIP	1.23	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Trevor McDonald allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk over 2 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Trevor McDonald allowed one hit while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	Trevor McDonald allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Trevor McDonald allowed five (three earned) runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Trevor McDonald (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation