Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 95	# 123
VBR	# 402	# 352

Projections

Strikeouts	51	56
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.47
WHIP	1.42	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	# 103

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	# 83

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	# 112

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 130

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	18	12

Innings Pitched	94.1	62.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	64

Earned Runs	50	32

Home Runs Allowed	10	9

Strikeouts	85	50

Walks	55	27

ERA	4.77	4.60

WHIP	1.44	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	10	11

Innings Pitched	55.5	59.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	58

Earned Runs	27	29

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	51	56

Walks	24	18

ERA	4.43	4.47

WHIP	1.42	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
News
	Bubba Chandler allowed two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Bubba Chandler allowed four runs on six hits over four innings with four walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Bubba Chandler allowed five runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	Bubba Chandler allowed one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Bubba Chandler went six innings and allowed two runs on six hits, walked two, and struck out one in a no-decision against the Rockies on Friday. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to make his next start on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT			Nick Lodolo SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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