Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 715	# 1082

Projections

Strikeouts	7	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	4.95
WHIP	1.38	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 340	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	38	14

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	12	10

ERA	4.84	9.90

WHIP	1.42	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	11.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	10	10

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	11

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.25	4.95

WHIP	1.38	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Brewers selected Joel Kuhnel to their active roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ CWS
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)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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