Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 277
VBR	# 345	# 590

Projections

Strikeouts	32	37
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.66
WHIP	1.18	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	9

Games Started	4	8

Innings Pitched	16.0	42.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	12	39

Earned Runs	8	32

Home Runs Allowed	0	7

Strikeouts	24	47

Walks	6	23

ERA	4.50	6.80

WHIP	1.13	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	16

Games Started	5	6

Innings Pitched	28.7	37.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	35

Earned Runs	12	19

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	32	37

Walks	9	19

ERA	3.87	4.66

WHIP	1.18	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Nick Pivetta has progressed to throwing from 90 feet. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Padres transferred Nick Pivetta to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Nick Pivetta (2026)

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