Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Wade Meckler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 154	# 1160

Projections

Runs	24	10
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	19	9
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.276	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	287	128

Runs	41	19

Hits	86	39

Singles	51	29

Doubles	19	8

Triples	6	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	55	17

Stolen Bases	17	3

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	18	14

Strikeouts	54	32

Batting Average	.300	.305

On Base Pct	.346	.373

Slugging Pct	.512	.414

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	.787

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	166	84

Runs	24	10

Hits	46	21

Singles	32	16

Doubles	8	4

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	19	9

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	12	10

Strikeouts	32	21

Batting Average	.276	.245

On Base Pct	.332	.324

Slugging Pct	.423	.327

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
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	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jake McCarthy for Wade Meckler (2026)

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