Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 25
VBR	# 168	# 126

Projections

Strikeouts	70	66
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	3.62
WHIP	1.32	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	# 33

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 21

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 39

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 33

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	# 21

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 28

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	19	18

Innings Pitched	107.1	99.1

Wins	6	7

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	76

Earned Runs	42	36

Home Runs Allowed	10	12

Strikeouts	125	98

Walks	39	17

ERA	3.52	3.26

WHIP	1.12	0.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	13

Innings Pitched	66.4	69.1

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	62

Earned Runs	27	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	70	66

Walks	25	17

ERA	3.71	3.62

WHIP	1.32	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Nolan McLean picked up the win Sunday after allowing three runs, two earned, over six-plus innings against Atlanta. All three runs came in the first inning, with the unearned run coming after McLean’s errant pickoff throw. He struck out five and walked one before exiting in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to Austin Riley. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Nolan McLean earned the win Wednesday against the Reds, allowing one unearned run over seven innings in a 9-1 victory. He struck out nine, giving him 97 strikeouts on the season, and has now allowed two runs or fewer 10 times this year. The lone run scored in the third inning after a Mark Vientos error and a double to left field. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 18th	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Drew Rasmussen allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out seven across seven in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Drew Rasmussen SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs DET	Ty Madden	#270
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Nolan McLean (2026)

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