Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward 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	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	‐
VBR	# 692	# 1296

Projections

Runs	14	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	12	1
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.230	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	253	55

Runs	23	8

Hits	53	12

Singles	37	5

Doubles	9	4

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	28	5

Strikeouts	47	17

Batting Average	.210	.218

On Base Pct	.286	.283

Slugging Pct	.316	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	8

Runs	14	1

Hits	26	1

Singles	18	1

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	12	1

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	26	2

Batting Average	.230	.192

On Base Pct	.301	.272

Slugging Pct	.351	.299

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.571

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
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 Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#218	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#131	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#249
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#374	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Ward for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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