Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 758	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	8	17
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	4.68
WHIP	1.49	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	1

Games Started	14	1

Innings Pitched	70.1	3.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	6

Earned Runs	40	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	57	1

Walks	23	2

ERA	5.12	12.27

WHIP	1.31	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	1	4

Innings Pitched	9.8	21.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	21

Earned Runs	5	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	17

Walks	4	7

ERA	4.48	4.68

WHIP	1.49	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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