Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 277	‐
VBR	# 536	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	3

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	2.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	39	6

Earned Runs	32	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	47	5

Walks	23	4

ERA	6.80	22.50

WHIP	1.46	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	35.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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