Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Dustin May (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dustin May SP - STL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	‐
VBR	# 239	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	64	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.21	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 119	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 74	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 102	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dustin May SP - STL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	98.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	97	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	95	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dustin May SP - STL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	69.8	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dustin May SP - STL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
News
	Dustin May will start on Saturday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	Dustin May allowed two earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Dustin May tossed 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out seven on 81 pitches in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Dustin May will limited to roughly 65 pitches during Monday’s start against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Cardinals right-hander Dustin May is scheduled to start Monday's game against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dustin May SP - STL			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

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Carson Spiers for Dustin May (2026)

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