Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	# 284
VBR	# 135	# 290

Projections

Runs	23	20
Home Runs	4	4
RBI	18	18
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.275	.264

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 268

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 225

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	210

Runs	43	23

Hits	89	61

Singles	54	48

Doubles	19	8

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	10	5

RBI	55	18

Stolen Bases	17	0

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	18	12

Strikeouts	55	34

Batting Average	.302	.291

On Base Pct	.347	.342

Slugging Pct	.509	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.742

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	158	157

Runs	23	20

Hits	44	42

Singles	30	30

Doubles	7	8

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	18	18

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	11	13

Strikeouts	31	28

Batting Average	.275	.264

On Base Pct	.330	.324

Slugging Pct	.422	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.752	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th
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			Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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