Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1114	# 1022

Projections

Strikeouts	45	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.38	4.58
WHIP	1.57	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	97.0	7.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	134	8

Earned Runs	69	7

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	73	7

Walks	38	13

ERA	6.40	8.59

WHIP	1.77	2.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	11

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	59.7	7.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	68	7

Earned Runs	36	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	45	7

Walks	23	4

ERA	5.38	4.58

WHIP	1.57	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Orioles designated Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Orioles acquired RHP Kyle Nicolas from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Reds designated RHP Kyle Nicolas for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Reds optioned RHP Kyle Nicolas to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	The Reds recalled RHP Kyle Nicolas from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Kyle Nicolas RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Nicolas for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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