Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 156	‐

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	18	1
Stolen Bases	8	0
Batting Average	.273	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 366

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	19

Runs	44	3

Hits	92	3

Singles	55	3

Doubles	21	0

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	56	1

Stolen Bases	17	2

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	59	14

Batting Average	.302	.158

On Base Pct	.346	.407

Slugging Pct	.508	.158

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	.565

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	9

Runs	22	2

Hits	42	2

Singles	29	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	18	1

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	30	3

Batting Average	.273	.235

On Base Pct	.328	.316

Slugging Pct	.413	.294

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.610

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
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 Mariners signed Stuart Fairchild to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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 Guardians sent OF Stuart Fairchild outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Guardians designated Stuart Fairchild for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Stuart Fairchild went 2-for-2 in a 3-1 win over the Tigers on Saturday with one walk and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 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 Guardians selected the contract of Stuart Fairchild from Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Stuart Fairchild LF,CF,RF - SEA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Apr 25th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Stuart Fairchild (2026)

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