Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Gorman for Zach McKinstry (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 321	# 325
VBR	# 1171	# 628

Projections

Runs	5	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	5	9
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.204	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 465	# 322

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 287

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	201	296

Runs	19	33

Hits	39	65

Singles	28	45

Doubles	4	13

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	26	24

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	5

Walks	25	34

Strikeouts	74	51

Batting Average	.194	.220

On Base Pct	.280	.302

Slugging Pct	.318	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.598	.627

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	86

Runs	5	11

Hits	8	20

Singles	5	14

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	5	9

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	4	9

Strikeouts	14	19

Batting Average	.204	.235

On Base Pct	.289	.309

Slugging Pct	.388	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.673

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
News
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a home run, a run scored, an RBI and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 3rd	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with a solo home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, May 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
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 2nd	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
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-4 in win over the Pirates with a home run, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 29th	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Nolan Gorman went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, three RBI and three strikeouts. Chase Davis Sat, Apr 18th	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan Gorman 2B,3B,DH - STL			Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#119
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#109	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#212	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#259	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#188
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#183
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#260
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#307
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#432
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#152	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#439	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#113
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#135
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Gorman for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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