Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 139	# 200
VBR	# 154	# 345

Projections

Runs	24	17
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	14
Stolen Bases	8	7
Batting Average	.276	.281

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	# 143

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	# 187

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	230

Runs	39	35

Hits	84	72

Singles	50	59

Doubles	18	10

Triples	6	1

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	53	20

Stolen Bases	16	18

Caught Stealing	4	6

Walks	18	14

Strikeouts	54	42

Batting Average	.298	.313

On Base Pct	.345	.367

Slugging Pct	.511	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	144

Runs	24	17

Hits	46	40

Singles	32	31

Doubles	8	7

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	14

Stolen Bases	8	7

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	12	8

Strikeouts	32	27

Batting Average	.276	.281

On Base Pct	.332	.323

Slugging Pct	.423	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.694

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Jake Mangum went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a stolen base on Saturday as the Pirates defeated the Marlins, 3-2. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a run scored and a pair of stolen bases on Tuesday, helping the Pirates to a 10-6 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Wed, Jun 3rd
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, three runs scored, four RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with his first home run of the season on Saturday, helping the Pirates to a 10-9 win over the Twins. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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