Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 283
VBR	# 1	# 758

Projections

Strikeouts	19	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.50
WHIP	1.19	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	14	8

Innings Pitched	85.2	44.0

Wins	8	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	40

Earned Runs	17	32

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	95	48

Walks	26	27

ERA	1.79	6.55

WHIP	0.95	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	3

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	16.4	14.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.31	4.50

WHIP	1.19	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Brewers released Lance McCullers Jr. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Lance McCullers Jr. has been designated for assignment by the Brewers. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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