Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 221
VBR	# 171	# 269

Projections

Runs	21	20
Home Runs	3	6
RBI	17	21
Stolen Bases	8	3
Batting Average	.271	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	# 167

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 161

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	310	232

Runs	45	26

Hits	93	58

Singles	55	31

Doubles	21	12

Triples	7	1

Home Runs	10	14

RBI	56	38

Stolen Bases	17	7

Caught Stealing	4	2

Walks	18	24

Strikeouts	61	65

Batting Average	.300	.250

On Base Pct	.343	.322

Slugging Pct	.510	.491

On-base Plus Slugging	.853	.813

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	141

Runs	21	20

Hits	40	34

Singles	28	20

Doubles	7	7

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	6

RBI	17	21

Stolen Bases	8	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	11	16

Strikeouts	29	44

Batting Average	.271	.240

On Base Pct	.327	.320

Slugging Pct	.409	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Heriberto Hernandez went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double, two walks, two runs scored and two RBI in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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