Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 283
VBR	# 501	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.28	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 179	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 402

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	83.1	44.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	40

Earned Runs	46	32

Home Runs Allowed	18	7

Strikeouts	62	48

Walks	22	27

ERA	4.97	6.55

WHIP	1.24	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	12.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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