Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Brian Serven C - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 321	# 1183

Projections

Runs	9	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.233	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 218	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Stats


At Bats	335	48

Runs	34	5

Hits	83	10

Singles	53	6

Doubles	17	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	47	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	40	1

Strikeouts	104	14

Batting Average	.248	.208

On Base Pct	.328	.225

Slugging Pct	.415	.458

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Brian Serven C - ATH
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	38

Runs	9	4

Hits	16	8

Singles	10	6

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	23	13

Batting Average	.233	.214

On Base Pct	.317	.290

Slugging Pct	.397	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.620

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN	Brian Serven C - ATH
News
	Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Brian Serven went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rockies with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	Brian Serven went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Reds with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	The Athletics recalled C Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson hit a solo home run as part of a 2-0 win over the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	The Athletics optioned C Brian Serven to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Stephenson C - CIN			Brian Serven C - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Serven for Tyler Stephenson (2026)

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