Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	# 277
VBR	# 623	# 586

Projections

Strikeouts	15	37
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.65
WHIP	1.29	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	# 401

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 183

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	39.0	42.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	33	39

Earned Runs	23	32

Home Runs Allowed	9	7

Strikeouts	46	47

Walks	20	23

ERA	5.31	6.80

WHIP	1.36	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	16

Games Started	2	6

Innings Pitched	13.1	37.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	35

Earned Runs	6	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	15	37

Walks	5	19

ERA	4.02	4.65

WHIP	1.29	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
News
	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will visit elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister this week. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL			Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Spencer Strider (2026)

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