Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 104	# 292
VBR	# 100	# 581

Projections

Runs	23	14
Home Runs	8	4
RBI	25	15
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.250	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 129	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 87	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	# 252

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	223

Runs	47	23

Hits	105	57

Singles	66	32

Doubles	17	13

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	12

RBI	55	33

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	26

Strikeouts	81	64

Batting Average	.271	.256

On Base Pct	.301	.333

Slugging Pct	.483	.475

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.809

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	184	103

Runs	23	14

Hits	46	26

Singles	29	17

Doubles	8	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	25	15

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	13

Strikeouts	43	29

Batting Average	.250	.249

On Base Pct	.300	.338

Slugging Pct	.425	.419

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
News
	Casey Schmitt is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Tuesday on his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Casey Schmitt left Monday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Casey Schmitt went 1-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Angels with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	The Giants are expected to draw trade interest for Casey Schmitt. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Casey Schmitt went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Royals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#150	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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