Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 152	# 1312

Projections

Runs	21	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.272	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	319	7

Runs	45	3

Hits	94	2

Singles	56	1

Doubles	21	0

Triples	7	1

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	58	3

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	64	4

Batting Average	.295	.286

On Base Pct	.337	.444

Slugging Pct	.498	.571

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	1.016

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	15

Runs	21	2

Hits	40	3

Singles	28	2

Doubles	7	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	2

Strikeouts	29	5

Batting Average	.272	.190

On Base Pct	.327	.264

Slugging Pct	.412	.274

On-base Plus Slugging	.739	.538

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
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	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	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	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 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	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 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			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Justin Dean (2026)

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