Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Kris Bubic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	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	# 110	# 243
VBR	# 444	# 535

Projections

Strikeouts	9	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.37	4.27
WHIP	1.24	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	32

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	50.1	67.1

Wins	3	5

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	36	53

Earned Runs	23	28

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	51	60

Walks	26	27

ERA	4.11	3.74

WHIP	1.23	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.5	15.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	15

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	13

Walks	3	6

ERA	3.37	4.27

WHIP	1.24	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
News
	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD			Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Kris Bubic (2026)

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