Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Rhett Lowder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	‐
VBR	# 588	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.56	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 161	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 426	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	72.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	5.75	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	32.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.56	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	Rhett Lowder allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Rhett Lowder will be moved to the bullpen through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder allowed six earned runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings while taking the loss on Tuesday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder surrendered three earned runs on eight hits across 5 2/3 innings on Wednesday, taking the loss at home against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Rhett Lowder allowed four earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for Rhett Lowder (2026)

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