Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 19	# 35
VBR	# 172	# 130

Projections

Strikeouts	64	59
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	3.79
WHIP	1.31	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 39

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	# 32

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 30

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 37

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 16

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 34

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	George Kirby SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	21	19

Innings Pitched	119.1	116.0

Wins	7	8

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	123

Earned Runs	44	46

Home Runs Allowed	11	11

Strikeouts	142	104

Walks	43	25

ERA	3.32	3.57

WHIP	1.11	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	George Kirby SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	59.4	61.1

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	58

Earned Runs	24	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	64	59

Walks	22	13

ERA	3.65	3.79

WHIP	1.31	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	George Kirby SP - SEA
News
	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	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			George Kirby SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Nolan McLean (2026)

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