Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 697	# 719

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.36
WHIP	1.43	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	4

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	3.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	4

Earned Runs	40	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	57	3

Walks	23	2

ERA	5.12	9.00

WHIP	1.31	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	28.1	14.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	13

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.28	4.36

WHIP	1.43	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Trevor McDonald left Monday's start early with a trainer. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Jun 16th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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