Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1088	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	4.62
WHIP	1.54	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	7.1	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	2

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	3

Walks	13	2

ERA	8.59	27.00

WHIP	2.86	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	8.6	8.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.71	4.62

WHIP	1.54	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ SF
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs STL
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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