Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 19	# 214
VBR	# 174	# 447

Projections

Strikeouts	61	45
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	4.50
WHIP	1.32	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 187

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	18

Innings Pitched	119.1	92.2

Wins	7	3

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	83

Earned Runs	44	52

Home Runs Allowed	11	17

Strikeouts	142	96

Walks	43	46

ERA	3.32	5.05

WHIP	1.11	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	57.2	47.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	45

Earned Runs	23	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	61	45

Walks	22	20

ERA	3.64	4.50

WHIP	1.32	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Brandon Sproat allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	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	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
	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 Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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 Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
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 Sproat SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Nolan McLean (2026)

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