Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Josh Lowe (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 249	‐
VBR	# 257	# 1248

Projections

Runs	17	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.236	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 242	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 240	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 205	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 392	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	188	18

Runs	18	3

Hits	38	4

Singles	26	0

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	22	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	55	7

Batting Average	.202	.222

On Base Pct	.253	.333

Slugging Pct	.351	.611

On-base Plus Slugging	.604	.944

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	137	19

Runs	17	3

Hits	32	4

Singles	20	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	42	5

Batting Average	.236	.237

On Base Pct	.301	.306

Slugging Pct	.403	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA	John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
News
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-4 in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Twins with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Royals optioned John Rave to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	John Rave went 2-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a triple, two runs scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-2 in Sunday's win over the A's with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Outfielder John Rave has been optioned to Triple-A Omaha by the Kansas City Royals. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	Josh Lowe went 1-for-3 in a win over the Athletics with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	The Angels recalled OF Josh Lowe from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Lowe LF,CF,RF - LAA			John Rave LF,CF,RF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

John Rave for Josh Lowe (2026)

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