Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 21	# 119
VBR	# 177	# 421

Projections

Strikeouts	54	40
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.75
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	# 205

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 117

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	22	21

Innings Pitched	125.2	119.2

Wins	7	7

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	109

Earned Runs	46	51

Home Runs Allowed	13	19

Strikeouts	148	101

Walks	45	40

ERA	3.29	3.84

WHIP	1.12	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	50.7	47.7

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	50

Earned Runs	20	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	54	40

Walks	19	16

ERA	3.62	4.75

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
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	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Bryce Elder gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four over six-plus innings in Monday's 3-2 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Bryce Elder will start Monday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Nolan McLean (2026)

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