Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 327
VBR	# 8	# 1027

Projections

Runs	26	11
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	24	8
Stolen Bases	10	2
Batting Average	.272	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 77	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	317	280

Runs	52	30

Hits	74	63

Singles	46	43

Doubles	18	13

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	35	24

Stolen Bases	28	1

Caught Stealing	2	5

Walks	48	31

Strikeouts	46	49

Batting Average	.233	.225

On Base Pct	.333	.305

Slugging Pct	.385	.336

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	160	84

Runs	26	11

Hits	43	20

Singles	26	13

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	24	8

Stolen Bases	10	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	19	8

Strikeouts	21	19

Batting Average	.272	.239

On Base Pct	.363	.311

Slugging Pct	.477	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.841	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 in Friday's 8-2 win over the White Sox with a walk, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Jose Ramirez remains out of the Guardians lineup on Wednesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Jose Ramirez is not in the lineup on Tuesday for the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	Jose Ramirez kept things quiet at the plate but at least remembered he can still run. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Jose Ramirez went 2-for-5 with two runs and two stolen bases in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-4 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Ramirez 3B,DH - CLE			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#215
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#148
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Ramirez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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