Who Should I Trade?

Max Muncy 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	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 327	‐
VBR	# 753	# 1236

Projections

Runs	11	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.237	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	# 487

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	167

Runs	29	24

Hits	62	37

Singles	43	23

Doubles	12	7

Triples	3	2

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	24	20

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	5	2

Walks	30	14

Strikeouts	49	64

Batting Average	.225	.222

On Base Pct	.303	.293

Slugging Pct	.333	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	26

Runs	11	3

Hits	20	6

Singles	13	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	20	8

Batting Average	.237	.226

On Base Pct	.311	.290

Slugging Pct	.373	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
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	The Athletics recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Athletics optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	Max Muncy has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas by the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Max Muncy went 1-for-5 in a win over the Giants with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS,DH - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#233	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#151	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#133	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#177	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#424	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Max Muncy for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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