Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Luis Medina (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 347	‐
VBR	# 646	# 1033

Projections

Strikeouts	24	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.57	4.73
WHIP	1.48	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 436	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	50.2	20.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	51	19

Earned Runs	22	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	60	15

Walks	26	16

ERA	3.91	4.43

WHIP	1.52	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	23.6	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	24	7

Walks	11	4

ERA	4.57	4.73

WHIP	1.48	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
		Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
		Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Luis Medina (2026)

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