Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	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	# 871	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	14	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	4.31
WHIP	1.50	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	2

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	10	4

ERA	9.90	8.10

WHIP	2.40	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Chase Lee RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	7.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.72	4.31

WHIP	1.50	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN	Chase Lee RP - TOR
News
	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN			Chase Lee RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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