Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 307	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	5.90
WHIP	1.36	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
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	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	52.4	20.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	26

Earned Runs	25	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	51	14

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.28	5.90

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 25th
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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