Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 20	# 107
VBR	# 178	# 428

Projections

Strikeouts	54	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.29
WHIP	1.30	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	# 120

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	# 106

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	# 102

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 172

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	22	15

Innings Pitched	125.2	61.2

Wins	7	6

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	50

Earned Runs	46	38

Home Runs Allowed	13	9

Strikeouts	148	77

Walks	45	40

ERA	3.29	5.55

WHIP	1.12	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	50.8	33.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	31

Earned Runs	21	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	54	36

Walks	19	16

ERA	3.63	4.29

WHIP	1.30	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 6.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan McLean for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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