Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 572	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	37	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 400	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	39.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	6.86	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	36.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Brewers GM Matt Arnold said Lance McCullers Jr.'s next outing could take the form of a major league start. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. (shoulder) threw four innings and 77 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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