Who Should I Trade?

Dedniel Nunez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1008	# 600

Projections

Strikeouts	6	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.08
WHIP	1.51	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.8	10.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	10

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.53	4.08

WHIP	1.51	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mets sent RHP Dedniel Núñez on a rehab assignment to Double-A Binghamton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets transferred Dedniel Nunez to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Dedniel Nunez RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Dedniel Nunez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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