Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	# 176
VBR	# 641	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.94	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	# 191

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 243

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	15	14

Innings Pitched	76.0	70.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	69

Earned Runs	50	40

Home Runs Allowed	25	7

Strikeouts	68	57

Walks	27	23

ERA	5.92	5.12

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.94	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
News
	The Cubs designated Jameson Taillon for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jameson Taillon allowed seven runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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