Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	# 326
VBR	# 264	# 807

Projections

Runs	18	14
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	20	11
Stolen Bases	2	3
Batting Average	.238	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	256	256

Runs	29	24

Hits	61	54

Singles	32	37

Doubles	12	10

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	43	23

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	4

Walks	25	28

Strikeouts	75	47

Batting Average	.238	.211

On Base Pct	.307	.287

Slugging Pct	.481	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	112

Runs	18	14

Hits	32	26

Singles	19	17

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	20	11

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	11

Strikeouts	41	25

Batting Average	.238	.231

On Base Pct	.317	.302

Slugging Pct	.433	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	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
	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	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
	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	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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 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
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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