Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Shane McClanahan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	# 131
VBR	# 195	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	28	24
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.69
WHIP	1.24	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	# 98

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	24

Games Started	22	24

Innings Pitched	107.1	137.2

Wins	9	8

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	84	124

Earned Runs	37	60

Home Runs Allowed	8	22

Strikeouts	99	113

Walks	36	46

ERA	3.10	3.92

WHIP	1.12	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	28.5	28.7

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	30

Earned Runs	12	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	28	24

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.71	4.69

WHIP	1.24	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Shane McClanahan allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 23rd	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th
	The Rays activated LHP Shane McClanahan from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th
	Shane McClanahan will return from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Bryce Elder gave up one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Shane McClanahan could be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Shane McClanahan threw 30 pitches over three perfect innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane McClanahan SP - TB			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#143	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#313
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Shane McClanahan (2026)

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