Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Rhett Lowder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 189
VBR	# 496	# 727

Projections

Strikeouts	9	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.63
WHIP	1.35	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	# 168

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 165

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 427

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 178

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	23

Games Started	17	20

Innings Pitched	91.2	107.0

Wins	7	5

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	114

Earned Runs	35	61

Home Runs Allowed	15	15

Strikeouts	93	83

Walks	34	43

ERA	3.44	5.13

WHIP	1.25	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	9.0	26.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	27

Earned Runs	4	14

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	9	20

Walks	3	10

ERA	4.03	4.63

WHIP	1.35	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Rhett Lowder allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out one over six innings in Saturday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Rhett Lowder allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 5-0 loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

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Connelly Early for Rhett Lowder (2026)

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