Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	‐
VBR	# 478	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	17	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.80	4.36
WHIP	1.30	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	45.2	30.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	6	4

Blown Saves	4	3

Holds	12	9

Hits Allowed	46	34

Earned Runs	19	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	36	27

Walks	16	21

ERA	3.74	3.86

WHIP	1.36	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	6

Walks	6	3

ERA	3.80	4.36

WHIP	1.30	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Bryan King tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Friday's 4-2 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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