Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Daniel Lynch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Lynch RP - KC	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 307	‐
VBR	# 601	# 1073

Projections

Strikeouts	19	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.23	4.59
WHIP	1.38	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 309	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Lynch RP - KC	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	27.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	10	5

Hits Allowed	26	21

Earned Runs	10	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	33	28

Walks	12	28

ERA	2.23	5.53

WHIP	0.94	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Lynch RP - KC	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.0	10.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	24	9

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	11

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.23	4.59

WHIP	1.38	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Lynch RP - KC	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Daniel Lynch allowed two hits over two scoreless innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Daniel Lynch allowed three hits and one run while recording one out to take the loss against the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	Daniel Lynch allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out one batter in the Royals' 6-4 loss to the Nationals. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 17th
	Daniel Lynch tossed a scoreless frame with one strikeout while allowing one hit in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Daniel Lynch struck out three batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Sunday's win over Seattle. Chase Davis Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Lynch RP - KC			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Daniel Lynch (2026)

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