Who Should I Trade?

Joe Rock for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1029	# 790

Projections

Strikeouts	7	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.34
WHIP	1.52	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	4

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	34	11

Earned Runs	13	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	27	12

Walks	21	11

ERA	3.86	3.48

WHIP	1.81	2.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	12.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	9	12

Earned Runs	4	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	11

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.43	4.34

WHIP	1.52	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
News
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The White Sox optioned LHP Joe Rock to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Joe Rock has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Joe Rock has been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Oliver Dunn. To make room for Rock on the 40-man roster, catcher Kyle Teel was transferred to the 60-day injured list. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd	The Rays optioned LHP Joe Rock to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	Richard Lovelady will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Rays recalled LHP Joe Rock from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Rock for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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