Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Matthew Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 148	# 1398

Projections

Runs	24	1
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	19	1
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.275	.201

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	287	‐

Runs	41	‐

Hits	86	‐

Singles	51	‐

Doubles	19	‐

Triples	6	‐

Home Runs	10	‐

RBI	55	‐

Stolen Bases	17	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	18	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.300	‐

On Base Pct	.346	‐

Slugging Pct	.512	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	7

Runs	24	1

Hits	45	1

Singles	31	1

Doubles	8	0

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	19	1

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	32	2

Batting Average	.275	.201

On Base Pct	.331	.234

Slugging Pct	.423	.358

On-base Plus Slugging	.754	.593

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
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	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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 Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	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 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
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			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Matthew Lugo (2026)

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