Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	‐
VBR	# 178	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	54	9
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.26
WHIP	1.30	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	4

Games Started	22	4

Innings Pitched	125.2	17.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	19

Earned Runs	46	9

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	148	10

Walks	45	11

ERA	3.29	4.76

WHIP	1.12	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	50.8	10.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	10

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	54	9

Walks	19	4

ERA	3.63	4.26

WHIP	1.30	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 6.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Nolan McLean allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	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	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Nolan McLean (2026)

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