Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for JJ Bleday (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 143
VBR	# 129	# 134

Projections

Runs	23	29
Home Runs	0	10
RBI	14	30
Stolen Bases	16	2
Batting Average	.282	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 106	# 145

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	# 141

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	# 158

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	# 110

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 153	# 74

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	247

Runs	41	36

Hits	93	60

Singles	78	32

Doubles	9	11

Triples	6	1

Home Runs	0	16

RBI	18	43

Stolen Bases	23	4

Caught Stealing	11	3

Walks	18	40

Strikeouts	34	59

Batting Average	.276	.243

On Base Pct	.311	.351

Slugging Pct	.338	.490

On-base Plus Slugging	.649	.840

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	193

Runs	23	29

Hits	50	46

Singles	42	25

Doubles	6	10

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	0	10

RBI	14	30

Stolen Bases	16	2

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	10	26

Strikeouts	21	50

Batting Average	.282	.240

On Base Pct	.318	.333

Slugging Pct	.343	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.788

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
News
	Chandler Simpson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Chandler Simpson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th
	Chandler Simpson is back in the Rays lineup on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th
	Chandler Simpson is not in the Rays lineup on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 9-2 loss to the Royals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chandler Simpson LF,CF - TB			JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Chandler Simpson for JJ Bleday (2026)

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