Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 277	‐
VBR	# 568	# 909

Projections

Strikeouts	38	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.65	4.89
WHIP	1.48	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	# 177

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	39.1	21.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	17

Earned Runs	30	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	43	21

Walks	22	12

ERA	6.86	4.64

WHIP	1.50	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	37.8	23.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	23

Earned Runs	20	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	38	20

Walks	19	11

ERA	4.65	4.89

WHIP	1.48	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
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			Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Mason Barnett (2026)

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