Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	# 290
VBR	# 85	# 751

Projections

Runs	27	13
Home Runs	11	4
RBI	32	14
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.243	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 133	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 250

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	# 271

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	367	218

Runs	43	23

Hits	88	54

Singles	55	29

Doubles	15	13

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	18	12

RBI	64	31

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	30	26

Strikeouts	105	64

Batting Average	.240	.248

On Base Pct	.301	.328

Slugging Pct	.428	.473

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.800

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	207	96

Runs	27	13

Hits	50	24

Singles	30	16

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	4

RBI	32	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	12

Strikeouts	58	27

Batting Average	.243	.250

On Base Pct	.298	.338

Slugging Pct	.447	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.758

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
News
	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
	Jake Burger went 3-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, and a stolen base in Saturday’s 7-4 win over the Blue Jays. All three of his hits were singles, and the multi-hit effort was his third in his last six games. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	Reds designated hitter Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run as part of a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX			Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Nathaniel Lowe (2026)

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