Who Should I Trade?

Juan Sanchez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Juan Sanchez RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1029	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.43	‐
WHIP	1.52	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Juan Sanchez RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Juan Sanchez RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Juan Sanchez RP - SF
News
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	Richard Lovelady will serve as the opener for the Nationals on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Juan Sanchez RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Juan Sanchez for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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