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Lance McCullers Jr. for Max Fried (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Max Fried SP - NYY  | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 26 | # 283 |
| VBR | # 93 | # 758 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 50 | 14 |
| Wins | 4 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 1.22 | 1.51 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 49 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 43 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 21 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 36 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 21 | # 401 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 17 | # 183 |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 10 |
| Games Started | 13 | 8 |
| Innings Pitched | 75.0 | 44.0 |
| Wins | 4 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 51 | 40 |
| Earned Runs | 26 | 32 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 68 | 48 |
| Walks | 23 | 27 |
| ERA | 3.12 | 6.55 |
| WHIP | 0.99 | 1.52 |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 3 |
| Games Started | 9 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 53.4 | 14.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 47 | 13 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 7 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 50 | 14 |
| Walks | 16 | 7 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 1.22 | 1.51 |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |
| News | ||
| Max Fried allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd | The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th | |
| Max Fried allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over three innings in Monday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th | Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th | |
| Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd | Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th | |
| The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd | The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th | |
| Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Mar 25th | @ SF | Logan Webb (7-7) | #16 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #97 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #100 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (3-9) | #61 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #9 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #19 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (5-8) | #41 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #86 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | ||||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #186 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #202 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-11) | #241 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #184 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (10-3) | #99 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #17 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #125 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #35 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) | ||||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #188 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (5-8) | #72 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (5-8) | #78 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | ||||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #165 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #22 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (6-6) | #40 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #275 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #221 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #278 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #126 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-7) | #11 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (10-9) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #215 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-10) | #43 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (1-3) | #286 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-10) | #63 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-7) | #11 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (10-9) | #20 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #36 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-5) | #5 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #44 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (5-1) | #39 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #132 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #70 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-10) | #43 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #89 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (5-2) | #182 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #50 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #295 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (7-5) | #8 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (5-5) | #73 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #178 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (10-3) | #99 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #17 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (5-8) | #72 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | ||||
| Wed, May 27th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (5-8) | #78 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #202 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (8-6) | #160 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #192 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-6) | #85 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (11-6) | #24 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-7) | #134 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (13-2) | #27 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (4-3) | #22 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (11-6) | #24 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (4-7) | #134 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-6) | #42 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (5-5) | #73 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #25 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #295 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #82 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (8-5) | #179 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-4) | #150 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #280 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #109 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (13-1) | #26 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (6-7) | #32 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #37 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #165 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (6-6) | #40 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (7-4) | #87 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (13-2) | #27 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #37 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs DET | Troy Melton (6-1) | #59 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIN | Mike Paredes (0-3) | #404 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #131 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-7) | #21 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (6-9) | #48 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (8-3) | #93 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #68 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #17 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ WSH | Carson Palmquist (0-1) | #274 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #350 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-5) | #54 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (5-5) | #96 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs LAD | Will Klein (3-4) | #246 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (4-8) | #102 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #10 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PHI | Tim Mayza (3-3) | #173 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (14-4) | #4 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-8) | #190 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (8-5) | #179 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #82 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (7-5) | #66 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (7-9) | #28 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CHC | David Peterson (6-7) | #88 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (8-8) | #169 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (2-1) | #166 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #123 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #7 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs ATL | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #100 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #180 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #12 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-5) | #33 | |||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #9 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ TOR | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ TOR | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ TOR | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BAL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs TOR | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs TOR | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs HOU | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs BOS | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs COL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs NYM | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ MIN | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ MIN | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ MIN | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs TB | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs BAL | |||||
