Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	# 240
VBR	# 273	# 578

Projections

Strikeouts	19	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.73	4.12
WHIP	1.27	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 48	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 47	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 87	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 69	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	# 242

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 158	# 201

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	27

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	35.1	58.0

Wins	3	5

Losses	4	2

Saves	17	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	32	50

Earned Runs	25	25

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	47	52

Walks	16	21

ERA	6.37	3.88

WHIP	1.36	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.2	17.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	14	17

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.73	4.12

WHIP	1.27	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
News
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets to record his 17th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets to record his 16th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Wednesday to record his 15th save of the season in an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning on Tuesday to earn his 14th save of the season in a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Pete Fairbanks allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA			Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

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