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	# 325	‐
VBR	# 480	# 699

Projections

Runs	9	6
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	7	7
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.230	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

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	317	209

Runs	35	28

Hits	71	45

Singles	49	27

Doubles	15	9

Triples	3	2

Home Runs	4	7

RBI	26	25

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	5	2

Walks	37	18

Strikeouts	57	78

Batting Average	.224	.215

On Base Pct	.307	.286

Slugging Pct	.328	.378

On-base Plus Slugging	.635	.664

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	73	52

Runs	9	6

Hits	17	12

Singles	11	8

Doubles	3	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	7	7

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	4

Strikeouts	17	17

Batting Average	.230	.234

On Base Pct	.307	.298

Slugging Pct	.348	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.694

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 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	Max Muncy went 1-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Max Muncy went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 9-7 loss to the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	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 recalled INF Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 optioned Max Muncy to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Athletics recalled Max Muncy from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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 (8-9)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#142	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#166	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#177	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#101	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#34
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#143	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#346
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#252	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#116
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#235	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#101	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#220	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#44
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#146
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#433	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#220	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#105
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#129
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
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)	#120
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#121
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#34
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Max Muncy for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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