Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Gregory Soto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 93	# 243
VBR	# 426	# 451

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.58	4.06
WHIP	1.35	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	60	34

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	59.2	73.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	4	2

Saves	14	1

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	10	6

Hits Allowed	41	57

Earned Runs	21	29

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	69	70

Walks	24	29

ERA	3.17	3.58

WHIP	1.09	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.8	8.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	7	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.58	4.06

WHIP	1.35	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
News
	Gregory Soto threw a clean inning for the save on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Gregory Soto recorded the save in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Gregory Soto earned the save in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Gregory Soto allowed three runs in a blown save and loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his 10th save of the season and to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT			Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#284	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#226	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#407
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Gregory Soto (2026)

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