Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Matthew Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 360	‐
VBR	# 395	# 1398

Projections

Runs	14	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	0
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.245	.172

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 314	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 367	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	160	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	44	‐

Singles	33	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.374	‐

Slugging Pct	.381	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	4

Runs	14	0

Hits	28	1

Singles	20	0

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	0

Strikeouts	32	1

Batting Average	.245	.172

On Base Pct	.315	.203

Slugging Pct	.372	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.508

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	Reds outfielder Dane Myers went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in an 8-0 loss to the Mariners on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Reds activated Dane Myers from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Dane Myers is hopeful to be activated from the injured list for the Cincinnati Reds' first game after the All-Star break on July 17 against the Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Dane Myers received an injection in his AC joint on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	The Reds have placed outfielder Dane Myers on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder contusion. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Matthew Lugo (2026)

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