Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	# 20
VBR	# 31	# 165

Projections

Strikeouts	81	65
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.93	3.64
WHIP	1.11	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 24

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 22

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 14

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 18

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 36

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 31

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Nolan McLean SP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	20

Innings Pitched	115.1	113.1

Wins	9	7

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	83

Earned Runs	47	42

Home Runs Allowed	11	10

Strikeouts	138	135

Walks	26	41

ERA	3.67	3.34

WHIP	1.06	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Nolan McLean SP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	69.0	60.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	52

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	81	65

Walks	18	23

ERA	2.93	3.64

WHIP	1.11	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Nolan McLean SP - NYM
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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 Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Nolan McLean SP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Paul Skenes (2026)

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