Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Montes for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 327	‐
VBR	# 911	‐

Projections

Runs	12	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.231	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	41	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	23	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	29	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Batting Average	.223	‐

On Base Pct	.297	‐

Slugging Pct	.335	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.631	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.231	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.359	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.660	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
News
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Mariners top prospect Lázaro Montes has been promoted to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	The Mariners reassigned OF Lazaro Montes to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	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
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Lazaro Montes RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

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