Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 22	# 226
VBR	# 162	# 347

Projections

Strikeouts	70	50
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.45
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 142

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 254

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	19	8

Innings Pitched	107.1	35.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	46

Earned Runs	42	33

Home Runs Allowed	10	6

Strikeouts	125	27

Walks	39	17

ERA	3.52	8.49

WHIP	1.12	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	66.2	51.8

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	51

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	70	50

Walks	25	19

ERA	3.70	4.45

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
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	Grayson Rodriguez allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over four innings in a loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Grayson Rodriguez will start on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	The Angels activated RHP Grayson Rodriguez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Grayson Rodriguez is expected to return for Friday's series opener against the Twins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Nolan McLean (2026)

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