Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 570	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	38	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.51
WHIP	1.48	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 400	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	4

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	39.1	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	21

Earned Runs	30	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	43	11

Walks	22	3

ERA	6.86	11.57

WHIP	1.50	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	37.8	12.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	13

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	38	11

Walks	19	4

ERA	4.65	4.51

WHIP	1.48	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. (shoulder) threw four innings and 77 pitches for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Astros optioned LHP Colton Gordon to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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