Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 20	# 183
VBR	# 165	# 459

Projections

Strikeouts	65	29
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	4.48
WHIP	1.31	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 24	# 91

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 321

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 77

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	20	16

Innings Pitched	113.1	106.0

Wins	7	7

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	79

Earned Runs	42	37

Home Runs Allowed	10	10

Strikeouts	135	78

Walks	41	22

ERA	3.34	3.14

WHIP	1.09	0.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	60.9	35.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	52	36

Earned Runs	25	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	65	29

Walks	23	11

ERA	3.64	4.48

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed one earned run across 5 1/3 innings while earning the win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Nolan McLean (2026)

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