Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Kyle Bradish (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	‐
VBR	# 209	# 1094

Projections

Strikeouts	66	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	5.00
WHIP	1.33	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 21	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 58	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 38	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 56	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 57	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	9

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	107.1	16.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	96	18

Earned Runs	45	10

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	106	13

Walks	50	14

ERA	3.77	5.40

WHIP	1.36	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	63.8	10.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	10

Earned Runs	28	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	66	9

Walks	25	5

ERA	3.93	5.00

WHIP	1.33	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Kyle Bradish will now be making his next start on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Kyle Bradish will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Kyle Bradish has agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract extension with the Baltimore Orioles according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Kyle Bradish will start for the Orioles on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Kyle Bradish allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out five over 6.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Kyle Bradish (2026)

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