Who Should I Trade?

Kendry Rojas for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 22	# 270
VBR	# 168	# 645

Projections

Strikeouts	70	23
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.33
WHIP	1.32	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 169

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Kendry Rojas SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	19	2

Innings Pitched	107.1	18.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	14

Earned Runs	42	6

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	125	21

Walks	39	16

ERA	3.52	2.95

WHIP	1.12	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Kendry Rojas SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	66.4	24.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	23

Earned Runs	27	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	70	23

Walks	25	10

ERA	3.71	4.33

WHIP	1.32	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Kendry Rojas SP,RP - MIN
News
	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 Twins recalled LHP Kendry Rojas from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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 Twins optioned Kendry Rojas to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Kendry Rojas wasn't exactly painting corners, but he at least missed enough bats to avoid a full-blown mess. Matthew Adam Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Kendry Rojas will start Tuesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Twins activated LHP Kendry Rojas from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Kendry Rojas SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kendry Rojas for Nolan McLean (2026)

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