Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 758	# 884

Projections

Strikeouts	8	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	3.76
WHIP	1.49	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	70.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	69	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.12	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	2.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	8	3

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.48	3.76

WHIP	1.49	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 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
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cousins for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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