Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 732	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	18	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.98
WHIP	1.46	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 348	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	24	19

Earned Runs	14	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	15

Walks	10	16

ERA	5.11	4.43

WHIP	1.38	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	7.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.55	4.98

WHIP	1.46	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Franco for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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