Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 196	# 267
VBR	# 356	# 408

Projections

Runs	15	18
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	12	14
Stolen Bases	7	3
Batting Average	.277	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	# 250

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	# 259

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	257	196

Runs	35	19

Hits	79	34

Singles	66	24

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	22	11

Stolen Bases	19	5

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	14	20

Strikeouts	47	52

Batting Average	.307	.174

On Base Pct	.356	.262

Slugging Pct	.377	.260

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.523

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	130

Runs	15	18

Hits	36	31

Singles	28	21

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	12	14

Stolen Bases	7	3

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	7	15

Strikeouts	24	28

Batting Average	.277	.235

On Base Pct	.318	.324

Slugging Pct	.362	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.688

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	Jake Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for TJ Friedl (2026)

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