Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 277	# 359
VBR	# 536	# 681

Projections

Strikeouts	35	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.43
WHIP	1.48	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	# 402

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	42.1	20.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	39	21

Earned Runs	32	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	47	22

Walks	23	10

ERA	6.80	4.87

WHIP	1.46	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	21

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	17.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	32	16

Earned Runs	18	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	35	16

Walks	18	7

ERA	4.54	4.43

WHIP	1.48	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Brewers GM Matt Arnold said Lance McCullers Jr.'s next outing could take the form of a major league start. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. (shoulder) threw four innings and 77 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Adam Macko will start on Friday for the Blue Jays against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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