Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 910	# 787

Projections

Strikeouts	5	7
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.99
WHIP	1.46	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	2

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	3.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	34	5

Earned Runs	13	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	27	1

Walks	21	3

ERA	3.86	14.73

WHIP	1.81	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	7.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	5	7

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	7

Walks	2	4

ERA	4.13	4.99

WHIP	1.46	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs sent RHP Andrew Wantz outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs selected the contract of Andrew Wantz. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Cubs signed RHP Andrew Wantz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd	Andrew Wantz has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Wantz for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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