Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 341	‐
VBR	# 736	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	7	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.77
WHIP	1.43	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 324	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	38	19

Earned Runs	19	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	12	16

ERA	4.84	4.43

WHIP	1.42	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	7

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	7

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.27	4.77

WHIP	1.43	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ TOR
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

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Joel Kuhnel for Jose Franco (2026)

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