Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	‐
VBR	# 386	# 927

Projections

Strikeouts	46	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.34
WHIP	1.37	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	62.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	64	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	4.60	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.7	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	5

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	46	5

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.47	4.34

WHIP	1.37	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Nick Lodolo will face hitters for two or three innings of a live BP. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nick Lodolo threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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