Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 276
VBR	# 358	# 570

Projections

Strikeouts	33	38
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.65
WHIP	1.35	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 400

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	9	8

Innings Pitched	53.2	39.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	37

Earned Runs	14	30

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	38	43

Walks	9	22

ERA	2.35	6.86

WHIP	0.88	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	44.2	37.8

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	35

Earned Runs	21	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	33	38

Walks	13	19

ERA	4.30	4.65

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs STL
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 9th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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