Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 579	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 400	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	39.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	6.86	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	35.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
News
	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
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	Lance McCullers Jr. is making his next rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Lance McCullers Jr. threw 42 pitches over three shutout innings for Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday in a rehab start. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#145	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#107	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#311
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Lyons for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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