Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 284	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	FA	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 406	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	1

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	44.0	2.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	40	1

Earned Runs	32	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	48	3

Walks	27	1

ERA	6.55	3.86

WHIP	1.52	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


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Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

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WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th		vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#384
Mon, Mar 30th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Tue, Mar 31st		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Fri, Apr 3rd		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Fri, Apr 10th		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 17th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#173
Mon, Apr 20th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178
Mon, Apr 27th		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Fri, May 1st		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 3rd		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Mon, May 4th		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Tue, May 5th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Fri, May 8th		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Sat, May 9th		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Mon, May 11th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Wed, May 13th		vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Fri, May 15th		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Sun, May 17th		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, May 18th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Tue, May 19th		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Wed, May 20th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Thu, May 21st		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Fri, May 22nd		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sat, May 23rd		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Sun, May 24th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, May 26th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Wed, May 27th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, May 28th		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Fri, May 29th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Sat, May 30th		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, May 31st		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Tue, Jun 9th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Sat, Jun 13th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, Jun 20th		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Wed, Jun 24th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Thu, Jun 25th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 17th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th		@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th		@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Wed, Jul 29th		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sat, Aug 1st		vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th		@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Wed, Aug 5th		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th		@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Fri, Aug 7th		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42
Fri, Aug 21st		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 25th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Wed, Aug 26th		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Thu, Aug 27th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th		vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#92
Sun, Aug 30th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Tue, Sep 1st		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Thu, Sep 3rd		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Fri, Sep 4th		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Sun, Sep 6th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348
Mon, Sep 7th		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Tue, Sep 8th		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Wed, Sep 9th		@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 11th		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Sat, Sep 12th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sun, Sep 13th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Mon, Sep 14th		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Tue, Sep 15th		vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Wed, Sep 16th		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Fri, Sep 18th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Sat, Sep 19th		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sun, Sep 20th		@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#110
Mon, Sep 21st		@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th		vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th		vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th		vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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