Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 372	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	39	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.77
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	108.2	20.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	121	19

Earned Runs	60	10

Home Runs Allowed	19	3

Strikeouts	107	15

Walks	41	16

ERA	4.97	4.43

WHIP	1.49	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	7.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	7

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	39	7

Walks	15	4

ERA	4.44	4.77

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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