Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for John Means (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 464	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	45	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 154	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	86.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	77	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	91	‐

Walks	43	‐

ERA	5.09	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	47.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	John Means SP - KC
News
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL			John Means SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for John Means (2026)

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