Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	1	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	7.83	4.62
WHIP	0.87	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	27.00

WHIP	‐	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	0.6	8.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	8

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	7

Walks	0	4

ERA	7.83	4.62

WHIP	0.87	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
		The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Bowden RP - ATH			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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