Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	# 131
VBR	# 169	# 330

Projections

Strikeouts	66	50
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.67	4.69
WHIP	1.31	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 24	# 145

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 117

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 116

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 88

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	20	15

Innings Pitched	113.1	81.0

Wins	7	7

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	79

Earned Runs	42	41

Home Runs Allowed	10	13

Strikeouts	135	60

Walks	41	22

ERA	3.34	4.56

WHIP	1.09	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	61.9	60.8

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	61

Earned Runs	25	32

Home Runs Allowed	7	11

Strikeouts	66	50

Walks	24	15

ERA	3.67	4.69

WHIP	1.31	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Friday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th
	Nolan McLean allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Bailey Ober will start on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Nolan McLean picked up the win Sunday after allowing three runs, two earned, over six-plus innings against Atlanta. All three runs came in the first inning, with the unearned run coming after McLean’s errant pickoff throw. He struck out five and walked one before exiting in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to Austin Riley. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Twins activated Bailey Ober from the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Nolan McLean earned the win Wednesday against the Reds, allowing one unearned run over seven innings in a 9-1 victory. He struck out nine, giving him 97 strikeouts on the season, and has now allowed two runs or fewer 10 times this year. The lone run scored in the third inning after a Mark Vientos error and a double to left field. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 18th	Bailey Ober is expected to be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Nolan McLean (2026)

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