Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Michael Helman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 147	# 1352

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.274	.193

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	328	30

Runs	46	2

Hits	95	5

Singles	57	3

Doubles	21	1

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	59	2

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	65	6

Batting Average	.290	.167

On Base Pct	.331	.235

Slugging Pct	.488	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	.819	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	142	14

Runs	20	2

Hits	39	3

Singles	27	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	28	4

Batting Average	.274	.193

On Base Pct	.328	.246

Slugging Pct	.414	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.541

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Michael Helman CF - TEX
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	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	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 Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Rangers optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	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	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 19th
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			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#218	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Michael Helman (2026)

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