Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 351	# 1106

Projections

Strikeouts	51	16
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	5.59
WHIP	1.38	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	1

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	62.2	4.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	5

Earned Runs	32	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	50	4

Walks	27	1

ERA	4.60	8.31

WHIP	1.45	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	53.2	23.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	25

Earned Runs	26	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	51	16

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.47	5.59

WHIP	1.38	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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