Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1114	# 1121

Projections

Strikeouts	11	46
Wins	0	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.94	5.39
WHIP	1.51	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 256	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	21

Games Started	6	20

Innings Pitched	28.0	97.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	134

Earned Runs	19	69

Home Runs Allowed	4	14

Strikeouts	19	73

Walks	20	38

ERA	6.11	6.40

WHIP	1.64	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	2	11

Innings Pitched	13.2	60.9

Wins	0	3

Losses	1	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	70

Earned Runs	7	36

Home Runs Allowed	2	11

Strikeouts	11	46

Walks	6	23

ERA	4.94	5.39

WHIP	1.51	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Brandon Williamson has paused his throwing program after suffering a finger injury during a workout. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Brandon Williamson threw his first bullpen on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Brandon Williamson has been cleared to begin a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Brandon Williamson will be examined by doctors this weekend to determine whether he is cleared to begin a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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