Who Should I Trade?

Shay Whitcomb 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	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 650	# 1188

Projections

Runs	11	2
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.233	.219

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	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	303	23

Runs	34	2

Hits	68	3

Singles	47	1

Doubles	14	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	25	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	35	1

Strikeouts	52	11

Batting Average	.224	.130

On Base Pct	.307	.167

Slugging Pct	.330	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	84	19

Runs	11	2

Hits	19	4

Singles	13	3

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	19	6

Batting Average	.233	.219

On Base Pct	.307	.267

Slugging Pct	.363	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.647

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
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	Shay Whitcomb was claimed off waivers by the Giants on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th
	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 Astros designated INF Shay Whitcomb for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	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 Astros optioned INF/OF Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	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 Astros recalled Shay Whitcomb from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Astros optioned Shay Whitcomb to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
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			Shay Whitcomb 2B,3B - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#213
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#154
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#340
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#291	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#320
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#431	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#394
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#243
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs HOU	Bryan King
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

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Shay Whitcomb for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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