Who Should I Trade?

James McCann for Matt Thaiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James McCann C,1B - ARI	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1185	‐

Projections

Runs	3	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	3	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.244	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 426	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James McCann C,1B - ARI	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	121	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	35	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.289	‐

On Base Pct	.328	‐

Slugging Pct	.430	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.758	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James McCann C,1B - ARI	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	27	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.292	‐

Slugging Pct	.393	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James McCann C,1B - ARI	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
News
	James McCann went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Diamondbacks 9-4 loss against the Padres on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	James McCann went 4-for-6 in the Diamondbacks 8-7 win over the Pirates on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	James McCann went 3-for-4 with three RBI in the Diamondbacks 15-5 win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	James McCann went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in the Diamondbacks 9-2 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	The Diamondbacks activated C James McCann from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James McCann C,1B - ARI			Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

James McCann for Matt Thaiss (2026)

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