Who Should I Trade?

Carl Edwards Jr. for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET	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	# 763	# 836

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.68
WHIP	1.49	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	6.0	1.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	3

Walks	4	2

ERA	1.50	27.00

WHIP	1.17	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.9	8.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.04	4.68

WHIP	1.49	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Tigers signed Carl Edwards Jr. to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Carl Edwards Jr. cleared waivers and will report to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Carl Edwards Jr. has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Mets designated Carl Edwards Jr. for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Carl Edwards Jr. had his contract selected from Triple-A Syracuse by the New York Mets on Friday. In a corresponding move, the Mets optioned Christian Scott. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	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
	Carl Edwards Jr. RP - DET			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 25th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Carl Edwards Jr. for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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