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Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L 

Born: 04/29/1995 Age: 30

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

Des Moines Monastics for $1

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (CHC) Mar'23

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Positions
2B/SS/3B/OF
2026 Earned Positions
3B/OF/SS

All Leagues
Average $2.27 Median $2.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $2.27 Median $2.00

All Leagues
Average $2.80 Median $2.50
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.70 Median $1.00

Roster%
97.24%
Change
7Day 1.53%
30Day 3.06%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 3
OPL Roster%
10.00%
OPL Average Salary
$1.90


July 7, 2025 10:29 PM : McKinstry went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 5-1 win over the Rays.
Analysis: McKinstry launched his seventh home run of the season in the seventh inning, which was one of three Detroit long balls on the night. The veteran utility player continued his strong recent play, as he's now batting .344 over his last 10 games with three home runs, four RBI and eight runs scored. Overall, McKinstry is sporting a .285 batting average and an .819 OPS, both of which are significantly above his career marks of .233 and .678, respectively.

MLB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2020LAD47721000000 1.78 7.10
2021LAD601721583490710111 2.61 156.40
2022LAD10141110013000 1.3 13.00
2022CHC471711553263413170 3.23 151.60
2023DET1485184641072149445166 3.14 464.10
2024DET118325297641454242160 2.34 276.50
2025DET82307270771286293113 4.96 406.50

MILB Stats

Batting

YearTeamGPA AB H 2B 3B HR BB HBP SB CS P/G Pts
2016LAD (R)4171730100001 0.68 2.70
2016LAD (A)411651423752015561 3.9 159.70
2017LAD (A)1769521670117021 7.02 119.30
2017LAD (A+)8235531972130329552 3.12 256.00
2017LAD (AA)154539101106000 2.91 43.60
2018LAD (A)1872532022316321 9.02 162.40
2018LAD (A+)33114912871217600 5.44 179.60
2018LAD (AA)258783162124000 1.96 48.90
2019LAD (AA)95384341951641237388 5.11 485.80
2019LAD (AAA)269589348276001 8.35 217.00
2021LAD (AAA)401711474083720342 6.35 254.10
2022LAD (AAA)482231916494427203 6.93 332.50

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentPAABHBB2B 3BHRRRBIHBPSFSBCS Pts
Jul 6, 2025 DET @CLE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.90
Jul 5, 2025 DET @CLE 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5.80
Jul 4, 2025 DET @CLE 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.00
Jul 3, 2025 DET @WSN 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.60
Jul 2, 2025 DET @WSN 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.00
Jul 2, 2025 DET @WSN 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30
Jun 29, 2025 DET MIN 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4.00
Jun 28, 2025 DET MIN 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 22.20
Jun 27, 2025 DET MIN 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.50
Jun 26, 2025 DET ATH 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 20.50
Totals 34 32 13 0 2 1 2 8 5 1 1 3 2 74.20

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
April 17, 2021 10:05 AM add 1992 City Champs $7
April 30, 2021 12:07 PM cut 1992 City Champs $4
May 3, 2021 8:32 PM add Project Mayhem $4
May 3, 2021 8:59 PM cut Project Mayhem $2
June 5, 2021 1:50 PM add Project Mayhem $4
July 5, 2021 9:00 AM cut Project Mayhem $2
August 6, 2021 6:01 PM add Project Mayhem $2
August 6, 2021 6:03 PM cut Project Mayhem $1
August 5, 2022 8:26 AM add Project Mayhem $1
August 6, 2022 9:55 AM cut Project Mayhem $1
May 31, 2023 7:10 AM add Grayson and the Viltrumites $3
October 12, 2023 11:48 AM increase Grayson and the Viltrumites $5
January 29, 2024 11:09 PM cut Grayson and the Viltrumites $0
April 18, 2025 9:34 AM add Des Moines Monastics $1

Recent Trades for Zach McKinstry in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
July 5, 2025 7:55 PM Fair Dinkum 🇦🇺 Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $11 
Zebby Matthews MIN SP R $6 15IL 
 Dinger Derby Bo Bichette TOR SS R $24 
Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $1 
$10 loan
June 15, 2025 1:34 PM Waddling Pancreas Juan Soto NYM OF L $73 
Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $4 
Addison Barger TOR 3B/OF L $3 
$33 loan 		Yaz Cats Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP R $12 
Alex Bregman BOS 3B R $26 10IL 
CJ Abrams WSN SS L $12 
June 2, 2025 11:00 AM Double Doubles 🍔 Luis Castillo SEA SP R $24 
Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $2 
Josh H. Smith TEX 1B/SS/3B/OF L $4 
Shota Imanaga CHC SP L $19 
$7 loan 		Votto's RCMP🍁 Tyler Glasnow LAD SP R $31 60IL 
MacKenzie Gore WSN SP L $7 
May 29, 2025 1:33 PM Tal Hill's Climbers Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $4 
Rhett Lowder CIN SP R $4 60IL
 Judge's Beer Pong Mates 🍻 Adolis García TEX OF R $13 
May 23, 2025 6:54 PM The Hunter Renfroe October Kris Bubic KCR SP/RP L $3 
 Big Papi memories Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $3 
Alek Thomas ARI OF L $1 
May 16, 2025 12:50 AM Waddling Pancreas Griffin Canning NYM SP R $9 60IL
 Wam Bam Goodbye Sam Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $4 
April 9, 2025 7:46 PM The Annihilation of Jordan Fish(er) Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $1 
Ryan Pepiot TBR SP R $8 
Tyler Soderstrom ATH C/1B/OF L $3 
 Team Name Jonah Heim TEX C S $2 
Jonathan India KCR 2B/3B/OF R $14
Michael Toglia COL 1B/OF S $3 
$5 loan
March 4, 2024 5:04 PM Nakatomi & Co Eloy Jimenez TBR AAA OF R $20
Josh Naylor CLE 1B L $8 
Andres Munoz SEA RP R $11 
Zack Gelof OAK 2B R $3 
 The Dude Abides Yu Darvish SDP SP R $10 
Orlando Arcia ATL SS/3B R $3
Sam Hentges CLE RP L $3 60IL
Kyle Wright KCR AAA SP/RP R $6 7IL 
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B L $19 
Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $3 
July 17, 2023 12:44 PM MeatHeads Liam Hendriks CHW RP R $10 15IL
Willson Contreras STL C/1B R $14 
Blake Snell SDP SP L $27 60IL 
Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $1 
$30 loan 		Crème de Caccese Elias Diaz COL C R $1
Lucas Giolito CHW SP R $20 
Jake Burger CHW 1B/3B R $1 
June 17, 2023 12:34 PM PICKLE DICK Zach McKinstry DET 2B/SS/3B/OF L $1 
Brady Singer KCR SP R $5 
 MeatHeads Javier Baez DET SS/3B/OF R $9 
Mark Leiter Jr. CHC RP R $1 
$2 loan