Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	‐	# 632

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.26
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	2

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	2.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	2

Earned Runs	40	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	57	4

Walks	23	0

ERA	5.12	3.38

WHIP	1.31	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	15

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	11.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.26

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees optioned Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Yankees recalled Kervin Castro from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
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			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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