Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 277
VBR	# 148	# 549

Projections

Strikeouts	73	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.59
WHIP	1.29	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	119.1	42.1

Wins	10	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	99	39

Earned Runs	53	32

Home Runs Allowed	20	7

Strikeouts	145	47

Walks	37	23

ERA	4.00	6.80

WHIP	1.14	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	5

Innings Pitched	65.9	36.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	34

Earned Runs	28	19

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	73	36

Walks	26	18

ERA	3.80	4.59

WHIP	1.29	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Gavin Williams will start on Friday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 5-2 win over Minnesota. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Gavin Williams allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 4th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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