Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for John Means (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	‐
VBR	# 351	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.84	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	52.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	2.39	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	40.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	3.84	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	John Means SP - KC
News
	Clay Holmes told reporters he has not had any extension talks with the Mets. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Clay Holmes has been cleared to start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Clay Holmes is expected to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Clay Holmes is expected to make a rehab start with High-A Brooklyn on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Clay Holmes threw a 40-pitch simulated session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM			John Means SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for John Means (2026)

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