Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Luis Morales (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1033	# 855

Projections

Strikeouts	7	22
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.80
WHIP	1.51	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

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


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	20.1	16.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	27

Earned Runs	10	24

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	15	13

Walks	16	14

ERA	4.43	13.50

WHIP	1.72	2.56

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


Games Played	9	18

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	7.6	25.4

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	25

Earned Runs	4	14

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	7	22

Walks	4	11

ERA	4.73	4.80

WHIP	1.51	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Luis Morales SP - ATH
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Athletics optioned Luis Morales to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics recalled Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics optioned Luis Morales to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics recalled Luis Morales from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics optioned RHP Luis Morales to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Luis Morales SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
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 Morales (2026)

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