Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	‐
VBR	# 638	‐

Projections

Runs	13	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.234	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 257	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	206	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Batting Average	.165	‐

On Base Pct	.251	‐

Slugging Pct	.248	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	4

Runs	13	1

Hits	22	1

Singles	15	1

Doubles	4	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	21	2

Batting Average	.234	.143

On Base Pct	.322	.250

Slugging Pct	.363	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.686	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Emmanuel Rodriguez was scratched from the High-A Cedar Rapids’ lineup on Sunday because of thumb soreness. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Emmanuel Rodriguez started a rehab assignment with Low-A Fort Myers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for TJ Friedl (2026)

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