Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 361	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	57	23
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.58
WHIP	1.38	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	12	8

Innings Pitched	62.2	61.1

Wins	3	6

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	54

Earned Runs	32	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	12

Strikeouts	50	37

Walks	27	15

ERA	4.60	4.11

WHIP	1.45	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	59.8	30.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	31

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	57	23

Walks	18	11

ERA	4.47	4.58

WHIP	1.38	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to make his next start on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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