Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 19	# 186
VBR	# 173	# 883

Projections

Strikeouts	61	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.64	4.89
WHIP	1.32	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	# 141

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 143

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	21	5

Innings Pitched	119.1	29.2

Wins	7	2

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	32

Earned Runs	44	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	142	18

Walks	43	23

ERA	3.32	5.16

WHIP	1.11	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	57.2	21.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	21

Earned Runs	23	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	61	18

Walks	22	9

ERA	3.64	4.89

WHIP	1.32	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Nolan McLean allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nolan McLean allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Nolan McLean picked up the win Sunday after allowing three runs, two earned, over six-plus innings against Atlanta. All three runs came in the first inning, with the unearned run coming after McLean’s errant pickoff throw. He struck out five and walked one before exiting in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to Austin Riley. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Nolan McLean (2026)

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