Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 222	# 276
VBR	# 415	# 570

Projections

Strikeouts	40	38
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.65
WHIP	1.38	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	# 400

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	# 183

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


Games Played	15	8

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	84.1	39.1

Wins	7	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	84	37

Earned Runs	35	30

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	67	43

Walks	31	22

ERA	3.74	6.86

WHIP	1.36	1.50

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


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	48.1	37.8

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	35

Earned Runs	25	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	40	38

Walks	16	19

ERA	4.65	4.65

WHIP	1.38	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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 Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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