Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1121	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	46	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.39	‐
WHIP	1.57	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	97.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	134	‐

Earned Runs	69	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	6.40	‐

WHIP	1.77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	60.9	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	70	‐

Earned Runs	36	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	5.39	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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