Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 229	‐
VBR	# 595	# 837

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.42
WHIP	1.36	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	‐

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


Games Played	27	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	58.0	12.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	50	8

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	52	14

Walks	21	4

ERA	3.88	2.92

WHIP	1.22	0.97

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


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	25.4	8.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.24	4.42

WHIP	1.36	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for William Kempner (2026)

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