Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 396	# 1086

Projections

Strikeouts	48	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	5.18
WHIP	1.42	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 154	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	82.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	87	‐

Walks	39	‐

ERA	5.16	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	3

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	50.8	6.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	7

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	48	6

Walks	21	3

ERA	4.51	5.18

WHIP	1.42	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Brandon Sproat allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for McCade Brown (2026)

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