Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 731	# 794

Projections

Strikeouts	17	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.33
WHIP	1.52	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 408	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	2

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	38.2	1.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	44	2

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	37	3

Walks	16	2

ERA	5.35	27.00

WHIP	1.55	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.3	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.25	4.33

WHIP	1.52	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Mets selected the contract of LHP Cionel Pérez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Mets signed LHP Cionel Pérez to a minor-league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Cionel Perez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Nationals sent LHP Cionel Pérez outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Cionel Pérez has been informed that he has made the Washington Nationals Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cionel Perez RP - NYM			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cionel Perez for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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