Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 22	# 296
VBR	# 168	# 439

Projections

Strikeouts	70	45
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	5.04
WHIP	1.32	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	6

Innings Pitched	107.1	22.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	27

Earned Runs	42	25

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	125	14

Walks	39	11

ERA	3.52	10.23

WHIP	1.12	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	9

Innings Pitched	66.4	50.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	50

Earned Runs	27	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	70	45

Walks	25	16

ERA	3.71	5.04

WHIP	1.32	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	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	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nolan McLean earned the win Wednesday against the Reds, allowing one unearned run over seven innings in a 9-1 victory. He struck out nine, giving him 97 strikeouts on the season, and has now allowed two runs or fewer 10 times this year. The lone run scored in the third inning after a Mark Vientos error and a double to left field. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 18th	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#193	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Nolan McLean (2026)

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