Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Rhett Lowder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	‐
VBR	# 767	# 687

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.69
WHIP	1.44	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 426	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	16	1

Innings Pitched	83.0	9.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	21

Earned Runs	50	12

Home Runs Allowed	10	6

Strikeouts	70	11

Walks	37	3

ERA	5.42	11.57

WHIP	1.52	2.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	26.4	13.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	14

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.65	4.69

WHIP	1.44	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
News
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder pitched six innings of two-run ball, but took a no-decision in an eventual 3-2 win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Colton Gordon is scheduled to make the start for Triple-A Nashville on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Rhett Lowder allowed two earned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Brewers are reportedly viewing Colton Gordon as a starter. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Rhett Lowder allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Astros are trading Colton Gordon to the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Rhett Lowder will be moved to the bullpen through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple-A ahead of Thursday's game agains the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder allowed six earned runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings while taking the loss on Tuesday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Colton Gordon was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN			Colton Gordon SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Colton Gordon for Rhett Lowder (2026)

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