Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 19	# 225
VBR	# 156	# 416

Projections

Strikeouts	61	34
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.57
WHIP	1.32	1.37

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	# 307

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 68

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	22	17

Innings Pitched	125.2	97.2

Wins	7	8

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	93

Earned Runs	46	37

Home Runs Allowed	13	9

Strikeouts	148	80

Walks	45	34

ERA	3.29	3.41

WHIP	1.12	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Young SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	56.4	40.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	41

Earned Runs	23	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	61	34

Walks	21	13

ERA	3.65	4.57

WHIP	1.32	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Brandon Young SP - BAL
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 6.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Saturday's win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th
	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 Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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 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
	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 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
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 Young SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Nolan McLean (2026)

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