Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Mike Tauchman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	‐
VBR	# 122	# 1291

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	26	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 80	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	354	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	89	‐

Singles	54	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	16	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	27	‐

Strikeouts	109	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.446	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	18

Runs	24	3

Hits	44	4

Singles	26	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	26	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	48	5

Batting Average	.250	.219

On Base Pct	.315	.312

Slugging Pct	.450	.314

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.626

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
News
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Mets outfielder Mike Tauchman underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss six weeks. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 26th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Mike Tauchman has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Mike Tauchman left Saturday’s spring training game against the Astros with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st
	Jac Caglianone is not in the Royals lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets and outfielder Mike Tauchman have agreed to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Mon, Feb 16th
	Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone departed Tuesday's game against the Giants due to right shoulder soreness. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Mike Tauchman LF,CF,RF - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Mike Tauchman (2026)

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