Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Maldonado for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Anthony Maldonado RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1033	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.73	‐
WHIP	1.51	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Anthony Maldonado RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Anthony Maldonado RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.73	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Anthony Maldonado RP - FA
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Anthony Maldonado RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Maldonado for Jose Franco (2026)

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