Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 351	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.86
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	62.2	2.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	1

Earned Runs	32	1

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	50	1

Walks	27	2

ERA	4.60	4.50

WHIP	1.45	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	53.2	7.4

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	52	7

Earned Runs	26	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	51	6

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.47	4.86

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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