Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 277	‐
VBR	# 536	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	35	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.05
WHIP	1.48	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	42.1	16.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	39	14

Earned Runs	32	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	47	14

Walks	23	7

ERA	6.80	3.31

WHIP	1.46	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	5

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	4.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	4

Earned Runs	18	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	35	4

Walks	18	2

ERA	4.54	4.05

WHIP	1.48	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Lance McCullers Jr. will pitch out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Brewers activated Lance McCullers Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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 Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Astros are trading RHP Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	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	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lance McCullers Jr. SP - MIL			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CHC
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lance McCullers Jr. for Zack Kelly (2026)

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