Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 97	# 1066

Projections

Strikeouts	64	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.97
WHIP	1.15	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 13	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	114.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	102	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	131	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	3

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	57.5	5.9

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	6

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	64	5

Walks	14	2

ERA	3.81	4.97

WHIP	1.15	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	Joe Ryan will make his next start on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Joe Ryan will not start on Sunday against the A’s due to arm fatigue. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Fri, Aug 14th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for McCade Brown (2026)

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