Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	# 284
VBR	# 558	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.75	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 228	# 406

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	17	8

Innings Pitched	91.2	44.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	40

Earned Runs	35	32

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	93	48

Walks	34	27

ERA	3.44	6.55

WHIP	1.25	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.75	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	Connelly Early is scheduled to pitch on Sunday with Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Connelly Early will pitch in a bridge league game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Connelly Early threw a live bullpen session on August 28. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#331
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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