Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 73	# 284
VBR	# 241	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.14	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 92	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 63	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 406

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	10

Games Started	23	8

Innings Pitched	119.1	44.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	103	40

Earned Runs	49	32

Home Runs Allowed	14	7

Strikeouts	107	48

Walks	29	27

ERA	3.70	6.55

WHIP	1.11	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	14.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.14	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	Casey Mize allowed three runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 9th	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Casey Mize allowed four runs on five hits over four innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Casey Mize allowed seven runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Casey Mize SP - SD			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#336
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-6)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#334
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#399
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH	Riley Cornelio (2-2)	#312
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#147
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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