Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 284
VBR	# 162	# 707

Projections

Strikeouts	70	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.62
WHIP	1.32	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 198

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	33

Games Started	19	2

Innings Pitched	107.1	49.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	37

Earned Runs	42	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	125	37

Walks	39	16

ERA	3.52	2.17

WHIP	1.12	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	66.2	23.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	57	24

Earned Runs	27	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	70	20

Walks	25	8

ERA	3.70	4.62

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
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	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow 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
	Nolan McLean will make his next start for the Mets on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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