Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Chase Lee RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1052	# 873

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.41
WHIP	1.56	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	3

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	34	2

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	27	1

Walks	21	4

ERA	3.86	8.10

WHIP	1.81	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.2	8.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.58	4.41

WHIP	1.56	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Chase Lee RP - TOR
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#254
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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