Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Rada 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	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 742	# 1349

Projections

Runs	14	0
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	11	0
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.232	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	257	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	54	‐

Singles	37	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	23	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.210	‐

On Base Pct	.286	‐

Slugging Pct	.319	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.605	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	107	4

Runs	14	0

Hits	25	1

Singles	17	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	0

Strikeouts	24	1

Batting Average	.232	.208

On Base Pct	.304	.238

Slugging Pct	.357	.236

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.474

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
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 Angels reassigned OF Nelson Rada to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	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
	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			Nelson Rada CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Rada for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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