Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Brandon Williamson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	‐
VBR	# 583	# 866

Projections

Strikeouts	15	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.99
WHIP	1.35	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 242	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 256

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	6

Games Started	1	6

Innings Pitched	58.0	28.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	50	26

Earned Runs	25	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	52	19

Walks	21	20

ERA	3.88	6.11

WHIP	1.22	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	17.7	16.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	16

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.20	4.99

WHIP	1.35	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
News
	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Brandon Williamson will pitch on his rehab assignment on Thursday for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Brandon Williamson will officially begin his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Brandon Williamson will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
		Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH			Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Brandon Williamson (2026)

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