Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 896	# 728

Projections

Strikeouts	7	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.48
WHIP	1.39	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	3.1	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	1	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	8.10	27.00

WHIP	1.80	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.1	6.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.46	4.48

WHIP	1.39	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Lee RP - TOR			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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