Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	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	# 476	# 782

Projections

Strikeouts	23	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.67
WHIP	1.42	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.0	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.00	27.00

WHIP	1.08	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	26.5	6.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	26	6

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	6

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.37	4.67

WHIP	1.42	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Giants recalled Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 16th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Aug 30th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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