Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	# 734	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	12	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.53
WHIP	1.50	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	6.55	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	12.4	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	2

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	4.55	4.53

WHIP	1.50	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st		@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th		@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th		vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st		vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st		@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st		vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th		vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th		vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th		vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th		@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th		@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th		@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th		@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st		@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th		vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th		vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th		vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th		vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th		vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th		vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st		@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st		@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th		@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th		@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th		@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th		vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th		vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th		vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th		vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th		vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th		vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th		@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th		@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th		@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th		@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th		@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th		@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th		vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th		vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th		vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th		vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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