Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1050	# 1061

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.93	4.85
WHIP	1.51	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.1	6.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.93	4.85

WHIP	1.51	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for McCade Brown (2026)

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