Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 572	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	37	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 400	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	8	13

Innings Pitched	39.1	64.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	65

Earned Runs	30	44

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	43	47

Walks	22	36

ERA	6.86	6.19

WHIP	1.50	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	36.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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