Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 103	# 1050

Projections

Strikeouts	69	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.93
WHIP	1.15	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	114.1	16.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	102	18

Earned Runs	49	10

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	131	13

Walks	25	14

ERA	3.86	5.40

WHIP	1.11	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.9	10.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	10

Earned Runs	26	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	69	9

Walks	15	5

ERA	3.81	4.93

WHIP	1.15	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Joe Ryan will make his next start on Wednesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Joe Ryan will not start on Sunday against the A’s due to arm fatigue. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Joe Ryan allowed eight earned runs on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three over four innings in Monday's 13-4 loss to the Guardians. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Jose Franco (2026)

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