Who Should I Trade?

J.T. Ginn for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	# 167
VBR	# 189	# 485

Projections

Strikeouts	55	42
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.51
WHIP	1.31	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 100

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 204

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 73

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	22	19

Innings Pitched	125.2	109.1

Wins	7	8

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	85

Earned Runs	46	43

Home Runs Allowed	13	13

Strikeouts	148	100

Walks	45	49

ERA	3.29	3.54

WHIP	1.12	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	8

Innings Pitched	51.6	45.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	45

Earned Runs	21	23

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	55	42

Walks	19	18

ERA	3.65	4.51

WHIP	1.31	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH
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	J.T. Ginn is expected to come off the 15-day injured list to start Tuesday's game against the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	J.T. Ginn threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	A's right-hander J.T. Ginn (blister) threw a bullpen session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Athletics right-hander J.T. Ginn (blister) is hoping to return the first week of August. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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 Athletics placed J.T. Ginn on the 15-day IL with a right middle finger blister. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			J.T. Ginn SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

J.T. Ginn for Nolan McLean (2026)

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