Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Josh Simpson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1092	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	9	16
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	4.44
WHIP	1.50	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	13	3

Walks	14	2

ERA	5.40	9.00

WHIP	1.92	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.3	15.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	14

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	9	16

Walks	5	8

ERA	5.00	4.44

WHIP	1.50	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Josh Simpson (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation