Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 20	# 112
VBR	# 161	# 282

Projections

Strikeouts	70	55
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.35
WHIP	1.32	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	# 66

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 101

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 96

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 64

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	20	19

Innings Pitched	113.1	119.1

Wins	7	5

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	108

Earned Runs	42	50

Home Runs Allowed	10	14

Strikeouts	135	96

Walks	41	34

ERA	3.34	3.77

WHIP	1.09	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	66.2	68.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	69

Earned Runs	27	33

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	70	55

Walks	25	20

ERA	3.70	4.35

WHIP	1.32	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Michael Wacha SP - KC
News
	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	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Michael Wacha SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Wacha for Nolan McLean (2026)

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