Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	‐
VBR	# 189	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	55	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.29
WHIP	1.31	1.75

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	125.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	96	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	148	‐

Walks	45	‐

ERA	3.29	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	51.6	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	3

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	55	4

Walks	19	3

ERA	3.65	4.29

WHIP	1.31	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 6.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Washington Nationals have outrighted right-hander Jhancarlos Lara to Double-A Harrisburg. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	The Nationals designated Jhancarlos Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Jhancarlos Lara was designated for assignment by the Braves on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 10th
	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	Lara was called up to the majors last season but did not appear in a game. He transitioned to a relief role in the minors during 2025 and struck out 104 batters across 68.2 innings between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, but he also walked 65 and posted a 7.73 ERA. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara for Nolan McLean (2026)

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