Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 279
VBR	# 168	# 616

Projections

Strikeouts	70	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.21
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 329

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 229

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	27

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	107.1	28.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	26

Earned Runs	42	18

Home Runs Allowed	10	6

Strikeouts	125	32

Walks	39	11

ERA	3.52	5.65

WHIP	1.12	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	24

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	66.4	21.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	58	21

Earned Runs	27	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	70	20

Walks	25	8

ERA	3.71	4.21

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
News
	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	The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox for the 34th pick in tomorrow's draft and left-handed reliever Jaden Woods. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brandon Eisert will open for the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener on Friday for the White Sox against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The White Sox recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
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 (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Nolan McLean (2026)

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