Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Caleb Ferguson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	# 320
VBR	# 375	# 589

Projections

Strikeouts	29	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	3.49	4.23
WHIP	1.23	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	2

Hits Allowed	18	23

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	49	20

Walks	23	9

ERA	2.62	3.98

WHIP	1.19	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.8	22.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	17	22

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	29	21

Walks	10	9

ERA	3.49	4.23

WHIP	1.23	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Reds activated LHP Caleb Ferguson off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	Caleb Ferguson will make another appearance on his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	The Reds sent Caleb Ferguson on a rehab assignment to Double-A Chattanooga. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	Caleb Ferguson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
		Caleb Ferguson threw 16 pitches in a simulated inning during a live batting practice session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters again on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Caleb Ferguson (2026)

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