Who Should I Trade?

John Rooney for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John Rooney RP - TB	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1008	# 824

Projections

Strikeouts	1	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.00	4.45
WHIP	1.67	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John Rooney RP - TB	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	1.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	27.00

WHIP	‐	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John Rooney RP - TB	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	1.0	8.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	8

Earned Runs	0	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	7

Walks	1	4

ERA	3.00	4.45

WHIP	1.67	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John Rooney RP - TB	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Rays reassigned LHP John Rooney to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
		The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John Rooney RP - TB			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, May 9th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

John Rooney for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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