Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 20	‐
VBR	# 168	# 1097

Projections

Strikeouts	67	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	5.09
WHIP	1.31	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	16.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	83	18

Earned Runs	42	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	135	13

Walks	41	14

ERA	3.34	5.40

WHIP	1.09	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.4	9.5

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	9

Earned Runs	26	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	67	9

Walks	24	5

ERA	3.63	5.09

WHIP	1.31	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	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	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Nolan McLean earned the win Wednesday against the Reds, allowing one unearned run over seven innings in a 9-1 victory. He struck out nine, giving him 97 strikeouts on the season, and has now allowed two runs or fewer 10 times this year. The lone run scored in the third inning after a Mark Vientos error and a double to left field. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 18th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Nolan McLean (2026)

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