Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 277	‐
VBR	# 586	# 778

Projections

Strikeouts	37	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.57
WHIP	1.49	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	42.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	39	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	6.80	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	10

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	37.3	12.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	13

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	37	11

Walks	19	5

ERA	4.65	4.57

WHIP	1.49	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Kohl Drake was seen in the Diamondbacks clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Diamondbacks optioned Kohl Drake to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Kohl Drake will work in a long relief role out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Kohl Drake from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Kohl Drake SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Lance McCullers Jr. (2026)

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