Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 598	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.60
WHIP	1.40	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 350	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	33

Games Started	4	5

Innings Pitched	43.2	30.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	5	9

Hits Allowed	33	34

Earned Runs	22	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	38	27

Walks	13	21

ERA	4.53	3.86

WHIP	1.05	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	23.6	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	23	6

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.47	4.60

WHIP	1.40	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	Kyle Hart allowed one hit over three scoreless innings with two strikeouts as an opener on Sunday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kyle Hart will start for the Padres on Sunday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Hart for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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