Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Ryan Rolison (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 229	# 318
VBR	# 590	# 682

Projections

Strikeouts	19	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.46
WHIP	1.37	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 448

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 248

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	35

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	58.0	39.0

Wins	5	5

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	6	3

Hits Allowed	50	31

Earned Runs	25	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	52	40

Walks	21	17

ERA	3.88	2.54

WHIP	1.22	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	23.3	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	23	19

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	19	17

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.17	4.46

WHIP	1.37	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
News
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Ryan Rolison will start for the Cubs on Sunday against the Brewers. 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	Ryan Rolison served as an opener for the first time this season on Sunday and retired all four batters he faced in the Cubs' 5-1 loss to the Giants. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Ryan Rolison retired one batter in the tenth before allowing a walk-off two-run home run to Edgar Quero as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 9-8, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
		The Cubs recalled Ryan Rolison from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
		The Cubs optioned LHP Ryan Rolison to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 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			Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Ryan Rolison (2026)

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