Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Josh Simpson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 230	‐
VBR	# 624	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	22	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.44
WHIP	1.37	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	58.0	3.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	50	4

Earned Runs	25	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	52	3

Walks	21	2

ERA	3.88	9.00

WHIP	1.22	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	26.8	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	26	14

Earned Runs	13	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	16

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.29	4.44

WHIP	1.37	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
		The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
		The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Josh Simpson (2026)

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