Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	‐
VBR	# 54	# 808

Projections

Strikeouts	73	9
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.26	4.55
WHIP	1.12	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	2

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	100.0	2.1

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	3

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	117	1

Walks	22	0

ERA	2.16	7.71

WHIP	0.88	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	64.3	9.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	8

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	73	9

Walks	17	5

ERA	3.26	4.55

WHIP	1.12	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just one run on four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven innings in Friday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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