Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 810	# 824

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.21	4.45
WHIP	1.44	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	2

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	76.2	1.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	2

Earned Runs	41	5

Home Runs Allowed	18	2

Strikeouts	47	3

Walks	27	2

ERA	4.81	27.00

WHIP	1.28	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	28.1	8.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	8

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	10	4

ERA	5.21	4.45

WHIP	1.44	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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