Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Brad Lord (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 251	‐
VBR	# 638	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	3.91
WHIP	1.40	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	77.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	67	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	71	‐

Walks	31	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	1

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.15	3.91

WHIP	1.40	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#127	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#130
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#193
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#331	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#279
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Brad Lord (2026)

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