Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for David Bednar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Caleb Ferguson RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 325
VBR	# 180	# 497

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	1
ERA	3.29	4.12
WHIP	1.19	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 351

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Caleb Ferguson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	27

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	49.2	26.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	25	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	36	27

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	57	23

Walks	16	11

ERA	2.54	3.76

WHIP	1.05	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Caleb Ferguson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	16.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	15	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.29	4.12

WHIP	1.19	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Caleb Ferguson RP - STL
News
	David Bednar struck out three batters over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Caleb Ferguson will serve as the opener for the Reds in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	David Bednar allowed one walk while striking out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Reds activated LHP Caleb Ferguson off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	David Bednar allowed one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Caleb Ferguson will make another appearance on his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	David Bednar struck out three while allowing two earned runs and two hits to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Reds sent Caleb Ferguson on a rehab assignment to Double-A Chattanooga. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	David Bednar fired a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Caleb Ferguson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Caleb Ferguson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for David Bednar (2026)

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