Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Kahlil Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 113	‐
VBR	# 163	# 1247

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	17	4
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.272	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 79	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 349

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	319	88

Runs	45	6

Hits	94	21

Singles	56	14

Doubles	21	6

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	58	11

Stolen Bases	17	9

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	18	3

Strikeouts	64	32

Batting Average	.295	.239

On Base Pct	.337	.264

Slugging Pct	.498	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.836	.605

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	28

Runs	21	3

Hits	40	6

Singles	28	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	17	4

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	2

Strikeouts	29	10

Batting Average	.272	.205

On Base Pct	.326	.271

Slugging Pct	.410	.340

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.612

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
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	Kahlil Watson was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 22nd
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Kahlil Watson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins with an RBI, a stolen base, and a strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-3 in a 6-5 loss to the Twins on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Kahlil Watson went 1-for-5 in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox on Sunday with two stolen bases and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Kahlil Watson went 0-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox on Saturday with two stolen bases and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th
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			Kahlil Watson LF,CF,RF - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Kahlil Watson (2026)

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