Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 283
VBR	# 316	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.22	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 402

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	10

Games Started	28	8

Innings Pitched	163.1	44.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	15	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	160	40

Earned Runs	70	32

Home Runs Allowed	12	7

Strikeouts	145	48

Walks	57	27

ERA	3.86	6.55

WHIP	1.33	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	22.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.22	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Sat, Sep 5th	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Shane Baz (2026)

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