Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 386	‐
VBR	# 730	# 1121

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	5.07
WHIP	1.38	1.65

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 391	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	6.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	5

Walks	11	3

ERA	5.12	9.00

WHIP	1.50	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	9

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	2.6	4.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	5

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	2

ERA	3.69	5.07

WHIP	1.38	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#426	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#379
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Nick Mears (2026)

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