Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Rhett Lowder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	‐
VBR	# 771	# 815

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.68
WHIP	1.44	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 165	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 426	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	16	‐

Innings Pitched	83.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	89	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	5.42	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	26.5	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	10

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.63	4.68

WHIP	1.44	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
News
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder pitched six innings of two-run ball, but took a no-decision in an eventual 3-2 win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Rhett Lowder allowed two earned runs on one hit and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Friday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	Rhett Lowder allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Rhett Lowder will be moved to the bullpen through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder allowed six earned runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings while taking the loss on Tuesday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Rhett Lowder (2026)

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