Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	# 110
VBR	# 157	# 435

Projections

Strikeouts	57	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	3.63	4.05
WHIP	1.31	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	# 83

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 182

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	44

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	125.2	43.1

Wins	7	3

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	96	38

Earned Runs	46	21

Home Runs Allowed	13	5

Strikeouts	148	51

Walks	45	20

ERA	3.29	4.36

WHIP	1.12	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	22

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	53.8	18.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	46	17

Earned Runs	22	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	57	17

Walks	20	7

ERA	3.63	4.05

WHIP	1.31	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
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	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	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	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, Jun 19th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Nolan McLean (2026)

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