Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Travis Adams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 570	# 636

Projections

Strikeouts	38	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.63
WHIP	1.48	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 400	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	# 253

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	39.1	24.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	37	25

Earned Runs	30	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	43	32

Walks	22	13

ERA	6.86	6.20

WHIP	1.50	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	26

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	37.8	27.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	35	27

Earned Runs	20	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	38	24

Walks	19	11

ERA	4.65	4.63

WHIP	1.48	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Travis Adams allowed one earned run on two hits while throwing 16 pitches over one inning to earn a save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 6th
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins recalled Travis Adams from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	The Twins officially optioned Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Twins optioned RHP Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	Travis Adams got the final out of a 6-5 win over the Red Sox to pick up a save on Sunday. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Travis Adams (2026)

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