Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Luis Mey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Luis Mey RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 447	# 970

Projections

Strikeouts	16	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.90	4.49
WHIP	1.38	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 268	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	10

ERA	‐	7.27

WHIP	‐	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	11.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	13	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	11

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.90	4.49

WHIP	1.38	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Luis Mey RP - CIN
News
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds recalled RHP Luis Mey from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Reds have optioned right-hander Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 19th
	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Luis Mey RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Luis Mey (2026)

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