Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 22	# 169
VBR	# 162	# 298

Projections

Strikeouts	70	57
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.61
WHIP	1.32	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 118

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 99

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 165

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


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	19	7

Innings Pitched	107.1	59.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	81	59

Earned Runs	42	32

Home Runs Allowed	10	8

Strikeouts	125	44

Walks	39	18

ERA	3.52	4.88

WHIP	1.12	1.31

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


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	66.2	67.8

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	71

Earned Runs	27	35

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	70	57

Walks	25	17

ERA	3.70	4.61

WHIP	1.32	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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 Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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 Pfaadt allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Diamondbacks recalled Brandon Pfaadt from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
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 Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Nolan McLean (2026)

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