Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	# 277
VBR	# 97	# 536

Projections

Strikeouts	71	35
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.54
WHIP	1.15	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	8

Innings Pitched	114.1	42.1

Wins	6	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	102	39

Earned Runs	49	32

Home Runs Allowed	16	7

Strikeouts	131	47

Walks	25	23

ERA	3.86	6.80

WHIP	1.11	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	5

Innings Pitched	63.3	35.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	32

Earned Runs	27	18

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	71	35

Walks	15	18

ERA	3.83	4.54

WHIP	1.15	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Joe Ryan allowed eight earned runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings in Monday's 13-4 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs STL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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