Bubba Chandler or Nolan McLean

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Projections
News & Notes
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Bubba Chandler or Nolan McLean Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	61.1	52.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	43

Earned Runs	30	29

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	75	52

Walks	19	36

ERA	4.40	5.02

WHIP	1.09	1.52

Bubba Chandler or Nolan McLean Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	31

Games Started	25	25

Innings Pitched	147.9	139.9

Wins	10	8

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	131	131

Earned Runs	62	65

Home Runs Allowed	15	17

Strikeouts	141	131

Walks	56	50

ERA	3.75	4.18

WHIP	1.26	1.30

Bubba Chandler or Nolan McLean Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT
News
	Nolan McLean allowed seven earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Tue, May 26th	Bubba Chandler allowed three runs - one earned - on two hits in five innings on Friday in a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	Nolan McLean allowed six earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, May 20th	Bubba Chandler allowed five runs - four earned - on three hits, walked four, and struck out two in just three innings during Saturday's loss to the Phillies. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Nolan McLean will start for the Mets on Tuesday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Bubba Chandler allowed two runs on five hits in five innings on Sunday, but settled for a no-decision, as the Pirates lost to the Giants, 7-6, in 12 innings. David Leisering Mon, May 11th
	Nolan McLean allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out seven over seven innings in Thursday’s win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Fri, May 15th	Bubba Chandler allowed only two runs on two hits in five innings, but walked six and struck out four as the Pirates dropped a 9-0 decision to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. David Leisering Wed, May 6th
	Nolan McLean allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Friday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th	Bubba Chandler allowed three runs on three hits over five innings with six strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
	Nolan McLean's brief 2025 MLB sample showcased frontline skills beneath the surface. His ability to suppress quality contact (89.5 mph average EV, .571 OPS against) paired with above-average command (8.5% BB%) suggests the performance wasn't fluky, even if some ERA regression is likely as innings scale. The 2026 projections point to a heavier workload with solid strikeout totals. Given the bat-missing profile and batted-ball dominance, McLean profiles as a high-upside fantasy option who can outperform his draft cost if he holds a regular rotation spot. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	The Pirates faced criticism for keeping Bubba Chandler in Triple-A in 2025, but he was promoted in late August. The 23-year-old righty looked like a potential frontline starter He demonstrated his readiness with a 99-mph fastball, 89-mph slider and a 92-mph changeup that generated a 39.6% whiff rate in the majors. Chandler is going to cost you on draft day, as he is one of the darlings of the fantasy baseball world. But if he delivers what is expected, it will be worth paying up in drafts. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Bubba Chandler or Nolan McLean Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Bubba Chandler SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#374
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#117	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#13	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#66	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#200	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#218	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#134	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#74	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#278	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#229	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#17
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#337	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#168	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#216	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (0-0)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#420	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#140
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#417	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#67	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#423
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#26	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#337
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#37
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (1-2)	#32	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#282	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#168	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#59	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#237
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#108
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#143
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#119	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#121
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#142	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#201	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC			vs ATL
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CLE
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#426
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CHC
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL