Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 808	# 758

Projections

Strikeouts	8	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.77
WHIP	1.40	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	27.0	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	10	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	32	3

Walks	16	2

ERA	3.33	27.00

WHIP	1.22	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.5	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.05	4.77

WHIP	1.40	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Graham Ashcraft threw indoors on Saturday and will continue his throwing program through the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Graham Ashcraft got good news and is expected to be cleared to resume throwing soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to get a follow-up MRI on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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