Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Eovaldi for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 29
VBR	# 166	# 104

Projections

Strikeouts	70	70
Wins	5	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	3.71
WHIP	1.33	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	# 27

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	# 40

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	# 72

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 45

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 18

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 25

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	18

Games Started	19	18

Innings Pitched	107.1	111.1

Wins	6	9

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	105

Earned Runs	42	50

Home Runs Allowed	10	19

Strikeouts	125	120

Walks	39	26

ERA	3.52	4.04

WHIP	1.12	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	66.7	70.6

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	63

Earned Runs	27	29

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	70	70

Walks	26	18

ERA	3.70	3.71

WHIP	1.33	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX
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	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Thursday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on six hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out nine and generated 18 swinging strikes. Eovaldi opened with four scoreless frames before surrendering two home runs in the fifth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Sunday against the Padres, allowing three runs on seven hits over six innings. He struck out a season-high nine batters. Eovaldi had his start pushed back by one day due to knee soreness and allowed all three runs in the fourth inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Nathan Eovaldi will start on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Nathan Eovaldi was scratched from his scheduled start against the Padres on Saturday due to left knee soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#145
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#251
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#337
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#197	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#309	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs SEA
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Eovaldi for Nolan McLean (2026)

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