Who Should I Trade?

Konnor Griffin for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	# 333
VBR	# 290	# 351

Projections

Runs	7	8
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	6	6
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.254	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	# 297

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	225	325

Runs	35	35

Hits	62	71

Singles	45	49

Doubles	10	15

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	25	26

Stolen Bases	20	2

Caught Stealing	1	5

Walks	16	37

Strikeouts	65	58

Batting Average	.276	.219

On Base Pct	.332	.303

Slugging Pct	.404	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	49	63

Runs	7	8

Hits	12	15

Singles	9	10

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	6	6

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	4	6

Strikeouts	13	14

Batting Average	.254	.238

On Base Pct	.318	.316

Slugging Pct	.370	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Konnor Griffin will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Konnor Griffin progressed to taking swings on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Konnor Griffin has been cleared to resume advanced baseball activities. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Konnor Griffin has played catch and resumed swinging with his top hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	The Pittsburgh Pirates transferred Konnor Griffin to the 60-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Konnor Griffin SS,CF - PIT			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Konnor Griffin for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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