Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 48	# 325
VBR	# 42	# 941

Projections

Runs	22	10
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	25	8
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.253	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 45	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 67	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 322

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	433	283

Runs	60	31

Hits	92	64

Singles	49	44

Doubles	20	13

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	23	4

RBI	70	24

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	3	5

Walks	55	32

Strikeouts	111	49

Batting Average	.213	.226

On Base Pct	.297	.307

Slugging Pct	.418	.336

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.643

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	80

Runs	22	10

Hits	40	19

Singles	24	12

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	25	8

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	36	18

Batting Average	.253	.235

On Base Pct	.327	.309

Slugging Pct	.453	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.682

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 in the Padres 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-0)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207	@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Manny Machado for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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